Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh

PM instructs DoT to set up four Telecom Facilitation Centres in J&K

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has instructed the Department of Telecommunications to set up four Telecom Facilitation Centres at Srinagar, Jammu, Uri and Tangdhar to enable families in Jammu & Kashmir to contact their relatives and family members on the other side of the Line of Control.

These centres will permit people in J&K, who have relatives in Muzaffarabad, to contact them on telephone free-of-charge for the next fortnight. The centres are expected to be operational from 19th October 2005.

In Srinagar and Jammu, the Telecom Centre will be located near the Police Control Room, while in Uri and Tangdhar, they will be located adjacent to the Police Outpost. Regular trunk call services are already available across the LoC and between J&K and Pakistan.