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More helplines in Gujarat

The Department of Telecommunications has opened helplines at Bhuj, Gandhidham and Kandla with in-coming facility.

People from outside can ring up these numbers and give messages to their friends and relatives.

The telephone numbers of these helplines are:
Bhuj 02832-31240
Gandhidham 02836-20800, 31241, 20900
Kandla 02838-71142, 71143.

More helplines will be opened at other places as per requirements. An easy 4-digit code 1092 will also be made available on these lines shortly so that the person from outside will only be required to dial the STD code followed by 1092.

Restoration and rectification efforts are being carried out on a war footing and a large number of places are expected to be brought into the communication network soon. The position of the telecom network system in Kutch district has further improved with the restoration of 52 telephone exchanges by installing either new C-DOT exchanges or reviving some of the existing ones.

The old numbers in general will not function in these exchanges as of now. However, telephone lines with only incoming facility in the premises of telephone exchanges have been opened to help relief operations. A number of PCO facilities have also been opened from these exchanges for the use of the public.

Further private cellular operators, Birla AT&T and Fascel have fully restored the cellular network at Gandhidham and Bhuj. The number of hotlines are also being increased for quick and prompt coordination of relief work between the Centre and Gujarat.

The department has also pressed into service several task force teams in the short distance charging areas of Bhuj for complete rehabilitation of switching and transmission system. Telecom personnel both administrative and technical have been brought from various parts of Gujarat as well as from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to help in the restoration work.

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