No service disruption due to financial woes; BSNL has inner strength: CMD

New Delhi: The BSNL chief has sought to allay concerns over possibility of large-scale service disruption due to the telecom company’s financial difficulties, saying monthly revenue of Rs 1,400-1,500 crore that the telecom corporation continues to generate demonstrates its “inner strength”. “I have revenue earning of Rs 1,400-1,500 crore a month which gives enough indication that organisation has a lot of inner strength. No, there is no scenario like what some people are saying (service disruption),” BSNL Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar told .

Purwar was responding to a query on recent reports that the state-owned telco may be staring at the possibility of regional service disruption due to its financial health and the ongoing movement of contractual workers on demand of pending wages.

Asked about the status of contractor payments, Purwar conceded that there were cases where the payments are getting delayed but did not specify the quantum of outstanding dues to contractors.