BBMP Launches drive to disconnect Illegal Optical Fibre Cables
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials have recently launched an initiative to do away with the illegal Optical Fibre Cables (OFC) in parts of Bangalore like Singapur, Abbigere and Dasarahalli. Some cyber cafes and around 200 residents had to bear the burnt of this action. BBMP had given its consent to the laying of two kilometres of OFC however some 15 kilometres were infact laid, flouting the norms. Officials had used an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) to measure the length of OFC’s. Mayor Sharadamma had said that they had given ample time to the OFC service providers to provide proper information sought by the BBMP regarding the actual cables being laid. He claimed that the service providers have actually cheated the BBMP as well as the inhabitants of Bangalore by providing baseless figures.
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