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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change deliberated on a proposal to lay a submarine cable system for the Myanmar/Malaysia-India-Singapore Transit (MIST) landing near M.R.C. Nagar in Chennai and Versova in Mumbai.Key Points:
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MIST
- The MIST is an international submarine cable communication network that will traverse undersea to connect India with countries such as Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
- It will provide secure, reliable, robust and affordable telecom facilities in Asia with the main trunk route being from Tuas in Singapore to Mumbai in India.
- The Project is being executed by the global technology provider NEC Corp.
- Total Project length: 8,100 km
- It will boost telecom connectivity between India and other Asian countries, namely Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
- MIST will help in avoiding conflict with various stakeholders considering the increasing number of international cable landing on the Chennai coast.
