The woes of BSNL and its subscribers' nightmare continued on Friday with the cutting of cables by private contractor widening road on Beerchand Patel Path near Circuit House and cable theft at Kurji More.
According to an official of BSNL, Patna Telephones, around 150 phones went dead following cutting of cables near Circuit House by private contractor Tantiya, which has been engaged in road construction/widening work by the state government. Due to this cable cut, the phones of Patna High Court, which is at present closed on account of Puja vacation, Bihar State Bar Council, a posh hotel and many VIPs went out of order.
Unknown thieves cut and stole 16-metre long cable near Kurji More snapping the link of around 200 phones. A couple of days back, the thieves had stolen cable from the adjacent Digha locality near Don Bosco School.
Source: The Times of India, 13th Oct,2007
