A replica of the brand new guidelines uploaded on Gati Shakti Portal on Thursday replaces “shared communication tower and different telecom infrastructure to increase communication community in navy station/cantonments” issued in February 2018.

As per the brand new rule, “… any utility acquired for set up of below/overground telecom infrastructure of defence land shall henceforth be processed in accordance with the Indian Telegraph Proper of Means Guidelines 2016 (as amended now and again) formulated by the Division of Telecommunications” with some further situations.

For set up of telecom infrastructure in areas inside cantonments, the Cantonment Board must search prior No Objection Certificates (NoC) from the group below whose administration the defence land is positioned.

For all places exterior the civil space, Cantonment Boards will search NOC from station headquarters from safety of view, as per the brand new rule. The Director Normal of Defence Estates will develop and preserve a web based portal for the digital utility course of and combine the identical with the Sanchar Portal of the Division of Telecom.

In response to the rule, utility of a telecom service supplier acquired on the web portal of GatiShakti Sanchar shall be thought of deemed sanction on lapse of 60 days.

Digital Infrastructure Suppliers Affiliation (DIPA), Director Normal T R Dua mentioned the modified coverage of the Defence Ministry accomplishes a protracted excellent demand of the telecom trade and can present a giant impetus to set up of telecom infrastructure on defence lands.

“It will allow provision of 5G providers to individuals residing in and near cantonment areas,” Dua mentioned.