Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited line snaps in Chennai
Posted on: 05/Nov/2014 11:36:05 AM
Communication link to key defence installations, Indian Space Research Centre in Sriharikota and several areas of the city got snapped as Highways department carried out a demolition of unauthorized constructions to make way for a service road besides the busy EVR Salai near Nelson Manickam Road junction.
Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited divisional engineer (transmission, North Peripheral) Sathyamoorthy said,” The communication lines, including mobile, broadband and landline connections across several parts of the city besides two cables of southern telecom region were hit following the demolition drive.The services to these areas could be restored only after Highways department (maintenance) agrees to our request to lay underground cables linking Anna Nagar.”
Communication links to Indian Airforce, defence establishment in Avadi and Sriharikota besides Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been snapped. Southern Telecom has two cable which links via Anna Nagar.
One is from Harbour to K K Nagar and another is from Harbour to Thiruvallur. Besides this communication links in Ambattur, Padi, Avadi till Thirunindravur besides K K Nagar and Flower Bazaar were also hit.
BSNL officials were seen working to safely extract the cables.
