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BHOPAL: Out of the more than 97,500 mobile 4G towers to be commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the country on Saturday, as many as 4,679 are located in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Friday.

The PM will unveil state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)’s ‘Swadeshi’ 4G stack and commission over 97,500 mobile 4G towers spread across the country, built at a cost of Rs 37,000 crore, during his visit to Jharsuguda in Odisha on September 27 (Saturday), he said.

The 4,679 towers in Madhya Pradesh cover both urban and rural areas.

Under the Digital Bharat Nidhi Scheme 1,223 sites have already been deployed, connecting 1,656 villages that previously had no operator coverage. Additionally, the installation of 247 towers is underway and expected to be comple

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