Overburdened with loss BSNL to take legal action on recovery drive
Mukesh
Sharma
Kalimpong,
September 4
BSNL
Department, Siliguri has announced to follow up with legal actions and to set
up a recovery camps for the collection of pending landlines bills over Rs 10
crores in the Hills.
The
Siliguri Brach Assistant General Manager A Dakua said that more than Rs 10
crores bills are unpaid. Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, that party that rules the
present administrative body of Darjeeling hills Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
had called for a Bill Boycott call in 2008 as a part of their movement. That
caused a heavy accumulation of pending bills in the hills he added.
After
the singing of the GTA agreement between the State, Centre and the GJM, many of
the taxes falling under the State’s jurisdiction were relaxed but the BSNL
which is associated with the Centre, till date there has been no declaration on
the same, though the GJM has been demanding for it.
Following
the same all the landline connection in the Hills were cut off and few have the
landline today in the Hills said the AGM. He also said that it is not only the
bill which remained unpaid during the agitation but the bills before and after
the agitation too.
Out
of total 46,000 land lines, near 10,000 are from Hills. BSNL authority has
announced schedule of a series of bill recover camps. "Anyone willing to
clear up his pending bills in these camps will be offered 10% to 50% waiver
depending upon individual case," said Dakua.
On
the other hand the GJM Spokesperson also the Kalimpong MLA Dr Harka Bahadur
Chettri who is now in Kolkata, taking over the phone on the issue, said that
earlier they had talks with the then Home Minister P Chidambaram for the
relaxation of the bills. The GJM Central Committee meeting is on Thursday which
will discuss concerning the issue and come out with conclusion. The people will
not get troubled and the GJM will discuss on the matter with the Central
leaders he added.
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