Tata Projects’ Smart Cities Business Unit has bagged Rs 3,057 crore Bharat Net project in Chhattisgarh.
The project involves laying of optical fibre network that follows ring architecture with Internet Protocol -- Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-MPLS) technology.
The project has an implementation period of 12 months from the date of commencement of work. The project has been conceived under the Digital India initiative. It will link 85 blocks and 5,987 gram panchayats across 27 districts in the state by providing broadband and mobile phone connectivity.
Tata Projects will lay 48 core optical fibre cable (OFC) network across the state covering 32,466 km.