Chief General Manager, Telecom, Jharkhand Circle KK Thakur today summarily rejected rumours that the biggest government owned Telecom Company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is going to be closed. On the contrary, Thakur said that the government is pondering on various schemes to bring out the company from losses.

Addressing media persons here on Friday the CGM said, “The Department of Telecommunications, Government of India (DoT) recognizes the values and inherent strength of BSNL as a telecom provider with huge infrastructure and reach especially in the rural areas. DoT is in the process of finalizing a proposal for revival of BSNL to be considered by

Digital Communications Commissions very soon”.

“It appears that the news reports under consideration have made an effort to concentrate on closing as one of the options for the revival of any one of the PSUs which is not in line with the current thinking of DoT. It has been clearly reiterated that DoT wants to see a strong BSNL, which is legally free and economically viable dedicated to serving the nation and playing a key role in the telecommunications sector,” said Thakur.

 “BSNL is a Government enterprise and in the coming days modern communication facilities will continue to be available to the customers,” he added. The CGM also made an appeal to the customers to not get carried away by such false news reports. In a report issued by DoT, BSNL has managed to add 25 lakh new subscribers in the last month. Like the other BSNL divisions across the country, the State of Jharkhand will also have 4G service very soon he added. In remote areas, especially in LWE affected ones, BSNL has provided mobile network through its towers giving force to the PM’s Digital India movement.

The CGM also remarked that such news is being spread by some anti- social elements to tarnish the image of BSNL. Appealing to the customers he added “BSNL was in service, is in service and will be in service”.