4G mobile tower, optical fiber in STR: NTCA team conducts site study to evaluate government proposal

BHUBANESWAR: With the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) seeking site specific information to review state’s proposal for installation of mobile towers and an Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) network in 25 buffer villages of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), a team from National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) paid a visit to the protected area on Wednesday for the survey.

Sources in the state wildlife wing said that the team comprising officials of NTCA and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) visited the buffer villages of Similipal where the government is seeking to lay mobile towers and OFC network to offer 4G services.