500 telephones inoperative in Benapole for 2 yrs

Some 500 digital telephone lines of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) in Benapole remain out of order for the last two years due to digging of drains and construction of footpaths along a two-kilometre area of the municipality. As a result, telephone users of the banks, insurance companies, customs houses, Border Guard Bangladesh and C&F agents often have to see many of their works disturbed. Although the lines lie out of order, the subscribers are often handed ghost telephone bills. Due to the disorder of the telephone connections, export-import businesses here have to face serious disruption, according to a news agency.