BSNL to conduct reconnection drive in AP

PTI | 07:03 PM,Mar 03,2012 Hyderabad, Mar 3 (PTI) Government-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will conduct its reconnection mela across Andhra Pradesh for 15 days from March 5. Customers will be offered an opportunity to pay outstanding dues in easy instalments during the mela, said BSNL (AP Telecom Circle) Chief General Manager, V Srinivasan. Besides, new landline/mobile/broadband connections and other BSNL products will be available at the mela stalls. As of now, 75,000 landline phones in the state remain disconnected, he said, adding that about 1 lakh connections were restored in the last two similar drives.


 BSNL's accumulated dues in the AP Circle are around Rs 270 crore over the last three decades.


However, of this, Rs 200 crore were from the last six months alone, he said, saying that competitive market is one of the prime reasons for the difficulty in collections. BSNL AP Circle will launch the bundling- SIM card- with- tablet scheme within a week, he added.