Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 25: In a significant move, the Government has approved installation of towers of harmonious call blocking system in all 14 jails of the Union Territory to prevent unauthorized communications from them.
An order to this effect was issued today by Financial Commissioner/Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department RK Goyal.
The harmonious call blocking system will be installed in all 14 jails of J&K for blocking 2G, 3G and 4G signals that could later also be suitable for 5G.
The proposal involves financial outlay of Rs 21. 26 crore. Of this, Rs 19.04
crore is one time cost and Rs 1.76 crore is recurring cost per annum on account of rent to passive infrastructure providers at the rate of Rs 26000 per telecom service provider(TSP) per month per tower-HCBS) and Rs 0.56 crore on account of annual maintenance charge at the rate of Rs 1 lakh per TSP per annum.
The installation of towers of a harmonious call blocking system would block incoming/outgoing calls, SMS and data services in prison premises.
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