Sabotaging telecom infra, disrupting services in Punjab strongly condemned, says COAI, after protesters target 1,500 mobile towers The COAI s remark comes a day after CM Amarinder Singh told the Punjab police to take strict action against those involved in destruction of mobile towers and disruption of telecom services in the state Representational image. Reuters
New Delhi: Industry body COAI on Tuesday strongly condemned the sabotaging of telecom network infrastructure and disruption of services as a form of protest, after over 1,500 mobile towers were targeted during farmers stir in Punjab.
Terming telecom services as lifeline for lakhs of customers, COAI s Director-General, SP Kochhar said disruption of telecom services is causing immense inconvenience to the common man, for whom mobile services are essential .
Punjab: Farmers Continue To Vandalise Telecom Towers, Govt Launches Crackdown
Protesters cut power supply to telecom towers owned by Reliance Jio in many parts of the state, sources claimed
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Protesting farmers continued to vandalise scores of telecom towers in Punjab, ignoring the state government’s announcement that it will launch a crackdown against those indulging in such acts of violence.
Power supply to towers belonging to Reliance Jio was snapped and cables cut in many parts of the state.
Many sections of the protesting farmers believe that billionaire Mukesh Ambani and telecom tycoon Gautam Adani are the major beneficiaries of the three new farm laws.
Sabotaging telecom infra, disrupting services as form of protest strongly condemned: COAI
Terming telecom services as lifeline for lakhs of customers, COAI s Director General, SP Kochhar said disruption of telecom services is causing immense inconvenience to the common man, for whom mobile services are essential . PTI
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Industry body COAI on Tuesday strongly condemned the sabotaging of telecom network infrastructure and disruption of services as a form of protest, after over 1,500 mobile towers were targeted during farmers stir in Punjab.
Terming telecom services as lifeline for lakhs of customers, COAI s Director General, SP Kochhar said disruption of telecom services is causing immense inconvenience to the common man, for whom mobile services are essential .
Industry body COAI on Tuesday strongly condemned the sabotaging of telecom network infrastructure and disruption of services as a form of protest, after over 1,500 mobile towers were targeted during farmers stir in Punjab. Terming telecom services as lifeline for lakhs of customers, COAI s Director General, SP Kochhar said disruption of telecom services is causing immense inconvenience to the common man, for whom mobile services are essential . While we respect people s right to protest on any issue, sabotaging the telecom network infrastructure and disrupting telecom services as a form of protest by anyone is strongly condemned, COAI said in a statement.
Sources with knowledge of the matter said as many as 63 towers were damaged on Tuesday.
Jio repaired some of the towers that were damaged over the past few days, they said, adding 826 sites were down as of Tuesday afternoon.
The masts damaged were in places such as Amritsar, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Firozpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Patiala and Sangrur, the sources said.
Jio has 9,000 plus towers in the state.
On Monday, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asked police to take action against vandalisers.
The use of violence could alienate the protesters from the masses, which would be detrimental to the interests of the farming community, he had said in a statement.