Bharti Tele-Ventures on Wednesday announced measures for the relief and rehabilitation programme for victims of the tsunami disaster.
At a total capital expenditure of Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million), Bharti will be rolling out Airtel mobile and VSAT network in Andaman & Nicobar before the end of the current fiscal.
Besides this, the company also announced setting up of communications centres near hospitals, police stations, temporary shelters and other public places along the coastal belt of Tamil Nadu to address the needs of the affected.
Announcing the relief measures, Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman & group managing director, Bharti Enterprises, said
"Our heart goes out to the kith & kin of tens of thousands of countrymen affected by one of the most severe crisis in recent times.
"As the country undertakes the biggest ever relief and rehabilitation operation, let me assure that each one of us at Bharti will be doing our best to serve the affected. We have already started work on a war footing to set up Airtel mobile network in Andaman & Nicobar," he added.
He donated Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.
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