Landline calls in the
Chennai circle will remain free for a week while telephones for which dues are
yet to be paid will not be disconnected for 15 days, said UnionTelecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasadtoday.
The city has been battered by the heaviest rainfall in close to a century.
"Landline calls in the Chennai circle are free for a week. The phones
whose dues are not paid will not be disconnected for 15 days," Prasad told
reporters here.
The
state-owned BSNL has
also announced that it will allow free local and STD calls to other BSNL mobile
phone users as well as 100 MB data for seven days for its pre-paid users. Other
private operators are not behind, which are offering free talktime to their
customers.
DNA
