Information About Incident 67396-137801-349759 in Chandigarh India

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The Cabinet cleared the three-year old proposal to set up mobile towers at a cost of about INR 30.46 billion in Naxal-affected States in June, following an attack that killed 27 people, including senior Congress leaders, in Chhattisgarh in May.

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• Meta Location: States Chhattisgarh
• Matched District: Chandigarh
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: an attack that
• Subject: 27 people

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) plans to install mobile towers in Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)]-affected areas by the end of this year, for which the company has selected a vendor and identified 450 locations, reports The Hindu. BSNL has opened the tender and selected the vendor. The market price for the project has been obtained, which is communicated to the Department of Telecom. Further decision is to be taken after the approval of the Telecom Commission, an official of state-owned BSNL told PTI. The official said the timeline could be achieved if the Telecom Commission gave its approval this month. As soon as the approval is there, we are prepared to carry out work in one year s time, he added. The official said BSNL has already installed 363 towers and identified another 450 sites for setting up towers. The Cabinet cleared the three-year old proposal to set up mobile towers at a cost of about INR 30.46 billion in Naxal-affected States in June, following an attack that killed 27 people, including senior Congress leaders, in Chhattisgarh in May.

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