By Kalyan Parbat, ET Bureau

KOLKATA: The government plans to establish a nearly 1,200-km direct subsea optic fibre cable link between the Indian mainland and Andaman & Nicobar islands (A&NI) to beef up telecom connectivity in the strategically located archipelago, says a confidential Planning Commission note seen by ET.

Building a dedicated subsea optic fibre link between Chennai and Port Blair is seen “as the best approach” to strengthen telecom connectivity to the A&NI in the light of “strategic, defence and internal security interests,” say the minutes of an internal Planning Commission meeting attended by top officials of the telecom department, defence ministry and Telecom Consultants India (TCIL).

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