Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that 5G will lead to a qualitative improvement in the pace of work and will help UP become a 1 trillion dollar economy.
Addressing a programme virtually at the launch of 5G mobile service by Bharti Airtel in Varanasi, the PM's parliamentary constituency, Mr Adityanath said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a new era of communication revolution in the country.
The vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to make India a 5 trillion dollar economy, the chief minister said, as he addressed the event held at Rudraksh Convention Centre.
He said that with the launch of 5G, all gram sabhas would be connected with fibre optics, and added that the state government will provide full support to Airtel with the spread of the technology.
Mr Adityanath stressed on the need to move with the times, as he referred to the famous beginning line "Main Samay hoon" from TV serial Mahabharat.
He also emphasised the power of technology in helping people tide over crises, such as COVID pandemic, during two years of which, he said, students shifted to learning in remote mode all because of the digital tools at their disposal.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi launched the 5G services at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022 in Delhi.
Narendra Modi also interacted virtually with a girl student of Varanasi and inquired about the benefits of 5G.
According to a government statement issued here, the services will be rolled out in a phased manner, starting with Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Pune.
After the programme, Mr Adityanath visited Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple.
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