Question : DAMAGE TO CABLES



(d) the number of private telephone operator companies which have laid optical fibre cable throughout the country;

(d) the number of companies out of them which damaged the telephone lines which carrying out their excavation work;

(d) the total amount these private companies have to deposit with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited as compensation for it; and

(d) the action being taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN)


(a) to (d): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.