PM Modi Launches Submarine Cable Project Chennai And Andaman Nicobar Island

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the submarine Optical Fibre Cable between Chennai and Port Blair via video conferencing on Monday.

The submarine optical fibre cable link will deliver bandwidth of 2 x 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) between Chennai and Port Blair, and 2 x 100 Gbps between Port Blair and the other islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands chain.

The foundation stone for this project was laid by the PM on December 30, 2018 at Port Blair.