Supercyclone Amphan hits telcos harder in Bengal than Odisha

NEW DELHI: Supercyclone Amphan has caused widespread damage to telecom networks in West Bengal, and in Odisha to a lesser extent, leaving telcos and infrastructure providers working on a war-footing in close coordination with local authorities to restore services.

Telecom secretary Anshu Prakash held a meeting with all the carriers and infrastructure providers to list out all the sites where the towers are down, fibre has been cut and sought to know how many of those can be repaired in next 24 hours. Prakash asked Airtel and Vodafone IdeaNSE -1.80 % to get 1,000 sites working in next 24 hours, said industry executives.