Arunachal’s ‘smart village’ pilot: digital services reach the Siang’s last mile
A solar-powered village centre in Basar is delivering banking, telemedicine and exam coaching.
The village centre at Basar — powered by solar, connected by satellite — offers banking, telemedicine, and evening coaching classes in one room no bigger than a school classroom.
The pilot, branded ‘smart village’, is testing which digital services actually matter in a valley that loses phone signal with the weather.
The early verdict: banking and exam coaching, in that order.