Expedite. Tamil Nadu cable licence: Jayalalithaa

[Thakur]

Chennai, July 5 (IANS): Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister J. Jayalalithaa has again requested
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite
the issue of Digital Addressable System (DAS)
licence to TACTV.
In a letter to Modi on Friday, the text of
which was released to the media Saturday,
Jayalalithaa requested Modi to ensure DAS
licence is given to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV
Corporation (TACTV) at the earliest.
"This would enable the government of Tamil
Nadu to adhere to its commitment to provide
inexpensive and quality Cable TV services to
the people of the state, particularly the poor
and the middle class," she said.
Jayalalithaa reminded Modi that this was one
of the issues she had mentioned in her
memorandum submitted to him June 3.
"This is an issue on which I am keenly
expecting an early decision from your
government in view of the clear legal position
and the strong merits of the case," she said.
Jayalalithaa said she strongly suspects "that
the non-issuance of the DAS license to TACTV
by the previous UPA government was only to
facilitate particular private business interests,
as other licences were issued at the same
time".