NEW DELHI: A project of strategic importance, the Chennai-Andaman & Nicobar Islands<\/a> (CANI) submarine cable<\/a> system project, has finally got clearance of the National Board for Wildlife<\/a> (NBWL). The clearance of NBWL, under the environment ministry, is mandatory for projects, which in any way, pass through or involve protected areas.
The project will connect eight islands of Andaman & Nicobar with the Indian mainland at Chennai through submarine optic fibre cable systems. It would provide A&N Islands with sufficient bandwidth for supporting voice and data connectivity, an important tool for governance and strategic operations.
NEW DELHI: A project of strategic importance, the Chennai-Andaman & Nicobar Islands<\/a> (CANI) submarine cable<\/a> system project, has finally got clearance of the National Board for Wildlife<\/a> (NBWL). The clearance of NBWL, under the environment ministry, is mandatory for projects, which in any way, pass through or involve protected areas.
The project will connect eight islands of Andaman & Nicobar with the Indian mainland at Chennai through submarine optic fibre cable systems. It would provide A&N Islands with sufficient bandwidth for supporting voice and data connectivity, an important tool for governance and strategic operations.
The CANI cable system will have speed of 100 gigabit per second (gbps). The eight islands to be connected with A&N Islands with sufficient bandwidth for supporting voice and data connectivity, an important tool for governance and strategic oper-Chennai include Port Blair, Little Andaman (Hut bay), Car Nicobar<\/a>, Kamorta, Great Nicobar (Campbell bay), Havelock, Long and Rangat Islands.
The project got its final clearance in the 58th meeting of the NBWL’s standing committee, chaired by environment minister Prakash Javadekar<\/a>, through video conference on Friday.
In another important decision, the committee recommended initiation of a dedicated project for conservation of Gangetic Dolphin on the lines of Project Tiger and Project Elephant of the ministry.
Total route length of A&N cable project to be around 2,200km<\/span><\/strong>
The project for the national aquatic animal, Gangetic Dolphin, is aimed for conservation and protection of this endangered species found in the Ganges — Brahmaputra — Meghna and Karnaphuli rivers along deep river reachesin Assam,Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
It was the second meeting of the board’s standing committee during the current pandemic even as environmentalists have opposed the ministry’s decision to hold such parleys on critical issues through video conference and accused the government of bypassing scrutiny of stakeholders in its rush to give green clearances to many projects during the lockdown period. Officials, however, claimed that important decisions were deliberated in the presence of experts, chief wildlife wardens and members of the standing committee of the NBWL.
The total route length of the project, which had earlier got other necessary green clearances including coastal regulation zone (CRZ), is estimated to be approximately 2,200km. It will provide secure, reliable, robust, and affordable telecom facilities in these islands.
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