Chennai:
Eight Unions of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited have
threatened to launch a nationwide indefinite stir from March 17 to protest
against the move by the Union government to consider the public sector unit as
sick industry, according to BSNL employees union president M Kanniappan.
Kanniappan told reporters that the decision was taken
during the forum of BSNL Employees Union.
He also said that BSNL employees would be submitting a
letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25 signed by one crore
people while urging him not to grant the sick PSU status to BSNL.
The union have alleged the lack of financial support by the
government to BSNL. Kanniappan alleged that it is the private sector which is
using the infrastructure of BSNl and now they have even stopped paying access
deficit charges.
He said BSNL is suffereing losses as it is providing
connectivity to rural areas. The cost of setting a landline connection in these
areas works out to Rs 15,000 per connection but we are able to collect only Rs
180 or Rs 190 per month as user charges.
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