Recognise us as frontline warriors, say BSNL employees

Kota: The 65,000 employees of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have asked the Centre and the organisation’s management to recognise them as frontline Covid warriors. They have been working as frontline warriors to maintain essential telecom services during the pandemic.

The employees have not even been considered on priority for vaccination and any type of cashless health insurance medical treatment. Also, there is no provision for compensating their families in case of death on duty. Around 100 BSNL employees have succumbed to Covid infection in the last one month. Out of these, five were from Kota division.