Prasad flags off laying of high-speed cables linking Chennai to Port Blair

Union Minister Ravi Shankar was in Chennai today to inauguarate the laying of underwater cables for submarine optical fibre from Chennai to Port Blair, to extend high speed internet connectivity to the entire cluster of islands in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

He on Thursday also said state-owned BSNL is a strategic asset of the country and it was his mission to make it one of the top companies of India.

“….It ((BSNL) is a strategic asset of the country.

Standing in Tamil Nadu I need to recall when Chennai was suffering from huge floods… ultimately who came to the rescue…. BSNL,” the minister said.

When there was a great earthquake in Nepal and when Indians were stranded there, who gave free service? BSNL, he added.