The Junior Telecom officer of the BSNL has filed a complaint against Shankara Narayan Constructions Pvt. Ltd. for allegedly damaging the cable network during the ongoing works under the Smart City project in Gandhi Bazaar.
Based on a complaint by Basavaraj, JTO, OFC Route Maintenances, BSNL, Shankarapuram, the Basavanagudi police registered a FIR against the company charging them with damaging public property.
Mr. Basavaraj in his complaint said that the company during its ongoing Smart City Project works on Gandhi Bazaar Main Road damaged the network cable service. The damage was done between December 2022 and February 2023, BSNL said.
Due to this, BSNL consumers had to face huge inconvenience. Many businesses along the Gandhi Bazaar Main Road also had BSNL connections and suffered disruption in services apart from losses due to road closure. The BSNL incurred loss of ₹5 lakh. The BSNL issued notice to the company to repair the cable to restore the network, to no avail yet, the complaint alleged.
The police said that they will issue a notice to the company officials concerned to record their statement based on which necessary action will be initiated.
