SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING STATION
Government has decided
to permit setting up of International Gateways in security sensitive
areas including Submarine Cable Landing Stations. This includes
the coastal areas of Gujarat also.
Gujarat Government
has asked the Communications Ministry to remove restrictions on
setting up of Submarine Cable Landing Stations in coastal areas.
It had urged the Communications Ministry that in the interest
of the economic development of the State, the guidelines issued
by the Ministry in the year 2000 regarding International Gateways
for Internet using Submarine Cable medium may be reconsidered.
As per Clause 13 of the guidelines for setting up of Submarine
Cable Landing Stations for International Gateways for Internet,
setting up of landing stations was not permitted in security sensitive
areas including coastal areas of Gujarat. However, setting up
of Submarine Cable Landing Station for International Gateway for
Internet will be subject to setting up of appropriate monitoring
equipment by Security Agencies and appropriate charges to be paid
by the licensee towards monitoring equipment or setting up of
monitoring equipment.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Communications and Information
Technology, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan in a written reply to a question
by Shri Savshibhai Makwana in the Lok Sabha today.
