The meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla agreed to give free right of way to two mobile service providers — RAILTEL (Railtel Corporation of India Ltd) and the Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL).

An official statement on Wednesday said the decision was made in the meeting of the Council. The free right of way given to the two mobile service providers was for laying of optic fibre cables for implementation of e-governance, the statement said.