Telecom majors prepared this time to face Chennai floods

CHENNAI: Telecommunication was a major cause of concern during the 2015 floods as exchanges across the city went down, leaving people struggling to get Internet or mobile connectivity to contact their loved ones. Amid the 2021 floods, Chennai Telephones, a unit of BSNL, has been making arrangements to ensure connectivity does not get impacted in the city.

VK Sanjeevi, Chief General Manager of BSNL, told TNIE the heavy rains on Sunday impacted 15 exchanges, including the Adyar Telephone Exchange, one Chennai’s largest. Now, all of them are running and steps have been taken to ensure water ingress does not happen.