\"Sikkim will get 5G services before August 15 this year,\" he said.
Vaishnaw said the Sevoke-Rangpo railway project<\/a> was underway at a good pace and the development of Sikkim will get a fillip with the commissioning of the project.
\"The Centre may consider extending the railway network beyond Rangpo and it was working on three alignments, one of which will be finalised in consultation with the state government in the future,\" he said.
The Union minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally taking a deep interest in the ongoing infrastructural projects in northeastern states.
\"The Modi government has increased allocation for railway projects in the region to Rs 10,000 crore in the 2023-24 budget from Rs 2,000 crore in 2014,\" he said.
Vaishnaw later left for Lachen town in North Sikkim to review the progress of the Prime Minister's 'Vibrant Village' programme.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":98452214,"title":"Samsung boosting development of its in-house CPU","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/samsung-boosting-development-of-its-in-house-cpu\/98452214","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":98452527,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Sikkim to get 5G services before I-Day: Vaishnaw","synopsis":"Vaishnaw said the Sevoke-Rangpo railway project was underway at a good pace and the development of Sikkim will get a fillip with the commissioning of the project.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/sikkim-to-get-5g-services-before-i-day-vaishnaw","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":196,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":535000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2023-03-06 16:38:55","lastupd":"2023-03-06 16:48:39","breadcrumbTags":["5g","Ashwini Vaishnaw","5g services","4g services","sikkim 5g","Sevoke-Rangpo railway project","Vibrant Village programme","go green go organic","industry"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/sikkim-to-get-5g-services-before-i-day-vaishnaw"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/sikkim-to-get-5g-services-before-i-day-vaishnaw/98452527">