Gundri Panchayat to get its first mobile phone tower
The Hindu
Preliminary works begin; installation to be completed in a month
The long-pending demand of the 6,000-and-odd people in Gundri panchayat in Kadambur hills in getting access to mobile connectivity is almost fulfilled, as preliminary works have begun for the installation of a mobile phone tower in the area.
The panchayat with 15 habitations comes under the Sathyamangalam Panchayat Union and is located about 15 km from Kadambur. The people living in the panchayat depend on farmlands and MGNREGS work for a living.
The villagers and students have to travel two km to a place along the road that passes through the Guthiyalathur Reserve Forest in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve for mobile connectivity. Over 600 school students and 120 college students in the habitations had to miss online classes during the lockdown.