‘All connectivity cables will be placed underground’

State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said that all connectivity cables will be placed underground in the future.

Responding to a question from treasury bench lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul, Palak informed the House on Thursday that all connectivity cables will be brought underground, adding, “We have already started this programme nationwide.”

“We are moving forward in the direction of building ‘Smart Bangladesh’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Everything in Smart Bangladesh will be done smartly,” he told the House.

He said that Telephone and Telegraph (T&T) lines in the country were installed above the ground only for technical reasons at customer level.

Palak, however, said the T&T cables were installed underground at various places, such as T&T line from the exchange to the cabinet, which was laid underground.