TAIPA seeks urgent clearing of dues by BSNL

The Tower & Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has sought an immediate clearance of “huge dues” owed by State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to its members.

The dues were incurred for providing infrastructure services by TAIPA’s Infrastructure Provider-1 (IP-1) to BSNL for maintaining 24X7 operations, the association said in a letter.

“I once again request your urgent intervention and support regarding clearance of outstanding dues of our IP–1 members due to which our members are facing huge cash crunch, which is leading to following challenges with regard to ensuring 24X7 telecom operations on telecom tower sites of BSNL in view of present situation due to COVID-19,” the letter, written by TAIPA Director General T R Dua said.