Bhubaneswar: Union Railways & Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday assured that 5G services would be rolled out in Odisha soon.
Vaishnaw, speaking to mediapersons after participating in Yoga Day celebrations in Puri, gave the assurance after it was pointed out that there wasn’t a single city or town from Odisha in the list of 20-25 cities and towns where 5G would be rolled out by the year-end.
The minister said that the state would get 5G services in the next phase.
State IT Minister Tusharkanti Behera, however, said no official letter has been received from the Centre in this regard yet.
“It is very disappointing to see that none of the cities or towns from Odisha has found place in the list of places selected for 5G deployment. We will have a discussion on the same. But as Odisha is going to get the status of IT hub, we are optimistic that the state will be definitely covered under the scheme, in later phase,” he said.
He said that districts like Sundargarh, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Gajapati still lack telecom services in the state though the Centre has given assurances in this regard.
