THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recent report claims that K-FON, the government's flagship project, will soon become a reality. The first phase of the project will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on January 5. It is the first venture in the country that will connect across the state through high-speed internet network.

The project, which was scheduled to start in 2019 and get completed by December this year, faced a severe crisis due to the COVID pandemic. However, the government hopes that it will be able to overcome the crisis and complete the project within the specified time. Out of 40,000 km optical fibre cable network of K-FON, 28,000 km has been completed so far. About 90 percent of the 375 point-to-point towers have been completed. The first phase will be inaugurated in January with the completion of end-to-end integration of 3,000 government offices and in the state.