In Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, men are facing an unexpected hurdle in marriage proposals—not dowry, not jobs, but poor mobile connectivity.
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00:00Insanely, in Madhya Pradesh, men are getting rejected not for their looks, jobs or dowry,
00:26but for weak network bars.
00:35Villagers trek 2-3 km just to send a WhatsApp message.
00:38And this is just one of the 2612 villages in Madhya Pradesh without mobile connectivity.
00:50This isn't just a Madhya Pradesh problem.
00:52Over 25,000 villages in India still live in a digital blackout.
00:56Odisha has the highest number, but in Arunachal Pradesh, 73% of villages have no mobile or
01:02internet access.
01:11Forget AI, fintech and 5G, here people can't even make a phone call.
01:20Why do these villages still lack connectivity?
01:23Tough terrain makes building infrastructure expensive.
01:30Sparse populations make it unprofitable for telecom companies.
01:33Security concerns in some areas scare of investment.
01:37Back in 2019, the IT minister had said,
01:43In 2022, the government launched a universal service obligation fund to expand connectivity.
01:48But the progress?
01:49Slow.
01:50For over 25,000 villages in India, a single network bar is still a distant dream.