Srinagar, Dec 01: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd yesterday said it will resume handing out mobile phone sim cards from today even as the sole telephone service provider in Jammu and Kashmir is making efforts to reconnect the subscribers of Indira Nagar Exchange which was destroyed in the longest encounter in the summer capital.
"The sim cards will be issued from tomorrow," BSNL general manager G S Marshall told reporters here.
The issuance of sim cards was suspended last week after BSNL employees struck work to protest the killing of a colleague during the 48-hour long encounter between security forces and two militants in high security Indira Nagar locality in which the telephone exchange was also destroyed.
He said BSNL is not getting the requisite power voltage for transmission towers but steps are afoot to improve the network coverage adding that he had a meeting with State Power Minister Sharif-ud Din Niaz who has assured of all possible help.
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has taken keen interest in improving the services ... As a result, things have started improving, he added.
On the Indira Nagar Exchange, he said it would take some time before it is restored but we are going full swing to make it a soon as possible.
"Many suggestions have been put before us for making alternate arrangements in the area. We are considering all of them," Marshall added.


Bureau Report