Owing to concerns of contamination by toxic chemicals, the governments of Tocantins and Maranhão recommended to cut off the services of cities and towns supplied by the river. Only a few cities followed suit, including, due to others being endowed by groundwater. The government of the affected states also warned against contact with the river.
The proposed project involves the installation and commissioning of 1 510 kilometres of optical fibre cables in Niger, and Chad, also comprising active equipment as well as power and cooling systems. This concerns five sections in Niger two of which will be upgraded, and one. The Chadian government has called on telecom operators Sotel and Airtel to fast-track the agreement of the N'Djamena-Mberé fiber‐optic route linking Chad to Cameroon. The N'Djamena-Mberé fiber‐optic route is strategic because it connects Chad's capital N'Djamena to the Cameroonian border. The government of Chad is exerting pressure on telecommunications operators SOTEL and Airtel to expedite the rehabilitation of the vital N'Djamena-Mberé fiber optic route, a key infrastructure corridor for the nation's digital connectivity. For work to commence, the two companies must revise the. Construction began in May 2023, and progress is now only 32%. Initially, it was planned that the project, assigned to the CGPS/LORYNE group, would last ten months. The Government of Chad is asking int.
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