Muralidharan Pillai & DJ Venkatesh
Mayabunder, Dec 10: The BSNL network in North and Middle has totally collapsed, giving nightmares to residents of remote Islands. Because of zero connectivity the banking and other related services are badly hit, leaving public on the crossroads.
Residents of remote islands allege that they are neither able to withdraw money from ATMs nor they are able to get money from banks.
Surprisingly the Airtel and Reliance network is working in these places but BSNL has stopped working.
When questioned one senior staff of BSNL at Mayabunder told Andaman Sheekha that due to damage in Optical Fiber Cable at Baratang the service has gone down. The official even alleged sabotage and said that someone has intentionally cut the OFC cable.
If so, then the BSNL must tell public that how Airtel and Reliance network is working in North and Middle Andaman, which uses same OF Cable?
People in Diglipur, Mayabuder etc Bazaar area are anyhow managing the show by switching to other network but what about people living in remote villages, they are completely isolated now.
“Those who want to fill forms online and buy ticket online are forced to go to Port Blair to access Internet. This is shameful that the Administration can’t provide basic internet connectivity. This is a trick of BSNL to indirectly ask customers to switch to other networks,” said a resident of Mayabunder.
The BNSL must immediately send a senior team of experts to North and Middle Andaman to tackle the situation.
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