416 mobile towers still out of order in 11 flood-hit districts: BTRC

A total of 416 mobile towers out of 14,551 in eleven flood affected district have remained out of order due to flood, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

The districts are Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Chattogram, Khagrachhari, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Cox's Bazar and Sylhet, said a press release of BTRC issued on Thursday.

Already the Bangladesh Army has provided all-out necessary assistance including water vessels, trucks and speedboats to carry the equipment, fuel and generators to the mobile operators and tower operators.