Chennai:
BSNL employees belonging to 16 trade unions and associations on Tuesday launched their two day protest seeking revival of Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited besides payment of pending Rs 60,000 crore spent on rural telephony.
The convenor for forum of BSNL Unions and Associations, Chennai Telephones, K Govindraj said the employees would resort to indefinite stir as the telecom secretary has not invited the forum leader for discussion to evolve a smooth settlement.
“We had given them four month notice on our launching the stir but they have not yet called the forum leader for discussion,” Govindraj said.
Interstingly, the stir by BSNL employees across India would cost a loss of Rs 100 crore a day as even the customer service centre and call centres remain shut. “All administrative offices, telecom exchanges, technical offices would remain shut during the two days,” Govindraj said.
In Chennai alone, the loss could be anywhere around Rs 15 crore. “The issue is regarding procurement of required materials like cable, modem and drop wire due to lack of funds,” said Govindraj.
He said that the government has yet to provide the balanceof Rs 60,000 crore which BSNL spent on proving rural telephony to villages. “For the last 14 years, BSNL spent rs one lakh crore on rural telephony. The government paid us Rs 40,000 crore. A amount of rs 60,000 crore is still pending,” he alleged.
The Union members also hit out at the government for allowing private operators to provide connectivity for PSUs, state and Central government departments while ignoring state-owned BSNL.
BSNL employees belonging to 16 trade unions and associations on Tuesday launched their two day protest seeking revival of Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited besides payment of pending Rs 60,000 crore spent on rural telephony.
The convenor for forum of BSNL Unions and Associations, Chennai Telephones, K Govindraj said the employees would resort to indefinite stir as the telecom secretary has not invited the forum leader for discussion to evolve a smooth settlement.
“We had given them four month notice on our launching the stir but they have not yet called the forum leader for discussion,” Govindraj said.
Interstingly, the stir by BSNL employees across India would cost a loss of Rs 100 crore a day as even the customer service centre and call centres remain shut. “All administrative offices, telecom exchanges, technical offices would remain shut during the two days,” Govindraj said.
In Chennai alone, the loss could be anywhere around Rs 15 crore. “The issue is regarding procurement of required materials like cable, modem and drop wire due to lack of funds,” said Govindraj.
He said that the government has yet to provide the balanceof Rs 60,000 crore which BSNL spent on proving rural telephony to villages. “For the last 14 years, BSNL spent rs one lakh crore on rural telephony. The government paid us Rs 40,000 crore. A amount of rs 60,000 crore is still pending,” he alleged.
The Union members also hit out at the government for allowing private operators to provide connectivity for PSUs, state and Central government departments while ignoring state-owned BSNL.
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