The network has been cut off in some upazilas due to floods

Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Adviser. Nahid Islam said that the network has been disconnected due to optical fiber damage in some flood affected upazilas. On Thursday (August 22), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting reported this information in a message citing him.

Adviser Nahid Islam was quoted as saying that 13 percent of the flood-affected areas have sites down. The network has been disrupted due to optical fiber damage in some upazilas. There are power outages in some places. Generator is in use.

It is also said that 10 VSATs are ready in case of network disconnection. Instructions have been given to make the mobile network free in the respective areas.

Incidentally, nine districts of the country have been affected by landslides and floods caused by rain. The flood affected districts are Feni, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Comilla, Noakhali, Chittagong, Laxmipur and Khagrachari. Hundreds of thousands of people in these districts have been cut off from water and electricity.

Bangladesh /RH