Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai requested the Centre to grant Rs 4,300 crore for implementation of theKarnataka Optical Fibre Network(KOFN), which aims to provide high-speed Internet connectivity in all government offices, including panchayat ones.
In a memorandum, Bommai said that because of BharatNets limited reach and telecom companies poor presence at the panchayat level, the had been unable to fulfil the connectivity requirements of 25,000 government offices and institutions.