51% Gujarat ladies don’t have cellphone, 567 villages lack cellular connectivity
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AHMEDABAD: More than 51% of girls in Gujarat don’t personal a cell phone, whereas over 567 out of
the whole 18,425 villages within the state stay with out cellular entry. Also, regardless of the nationwide rollout of 5G, over 800 villages in Gujarat are with out 4G service, the state’s Kheda MP and Minister of State for Telecom Devusinh Chauhan knowledgeable the Lok Sabha in response to Telangana Congress MP Anumula Revanth Reddy’s query.
The most affected by the dearth of cellular connectivity are tribal areas, says telecom sector professional Vishal Jadav. “Mobile connectivity has not been achieved even today, despite the many claims of the government, particularly in Gujarat’s tribal areas,” he says, enumerating that the tribal-dominated Dang district has roughly 90 villages that wouldn’t have cellular connectivity, adopted by the Kutch and Narmada districts, the place 84 and 64 villages, respectively, don’t have service.
“Private companies do not set up towers in areas where mobile phone usage or people’s income is low, but the government has its own mobile company, so the question is why don’t they bring the service to these areas? In ‘Digital India’, hearing about a village without a mobile phone seems strange,” provides Jadav. According to the knowledge tabled by the telecom division within the Lok Sabha, citing the National Family Health 2019-2021 report, solely 48.80% of girls within the age group of 15-49 years in Gujarat have their very own cell phone.
“This reflects that there is gender inequality on a large scale in society of Gujarat. Women are denied modern technology and that they don’t have the kind of income,” says economist Indira Hirve.
AHMEDABAD: More than 51% of girls in Gujarat don’t personal a cell phone, whereas over 567 out of
the whole 18,425 villages within the state stay with out cellular entry. Also, regardless of the nationwide rollout of 5G, over 800 villages in Gujarat are with out 4G service, the state’s Kheda MP and Minister of State for Telecom Devusinh Chauhan knowledgeable the Lok Sabha in response to Telangana Congress MP Anumula Revanth Reddy’s query.
The most affected by the dearth of cellular connectivity are tribal areas, says telecom sector professional Vishal Jadav. “Mobile connectivity has not been achieved even today, despite the many claims of the government, particularly in Gujarat’s tribal areas,” he says, enumerating that the tribal-dominated Dang district has roughly 90 villages that wouldn’t have cellular connectivity, adopted by the Kutch and Narmada districts, the place 84 and 64 villages, respectively, don’t have service.
“Private companies do not set up towers in areas where mobile phone usage or people’s income is low, but the government has its own mobile company, so the question is why don’t they bring the service to these areas? In ‘Digital India’, hearing about a village without a mobile phone seems strange,” provides Jadav. According to the knowledge tabled by the telecom division within the Lok Sabha, citing the National Family Health 2019-2021 report, solely 48.80% of girls within the age group of 15-49 years in Gujarat have their very own cell phone.
“This reflects that there is gender inequality on a large scale in society of Gujarat. Women are denied modern technology and that they don’t have the kind of income,” says economist Indira Hirve.
