Aaqib Magray
Anantnag 03 Oct (KNZ):With an aim to reach every nook and corner of the India and initially attracting customers by its offers, some villages in Kashmir still wait to get nerwork to become a part of India’s fast growing telecom network.
In one such case, the company has failed to provide network in the Uttersoo Khanpora area of Anantnag district which irks the customers due to poor network and no data service in the area, however, people in the area hope to get a new tower installed soon.
Complaining about its poor network and no data service in the area, many subscribers said that the area, a model village and pilgrimage site attracting scores of people every day.
“When the network was launched in Kashmir, I borrowed a connection standing in a long queue for hours because of its bumper offers and at the same time they promised that its network will be strengthened in every part of Kashmir,” Zahid Gani a subscriber from the Uttersoo area of Shangus pursuing MSC at Kashmir University told Kashmir News Zone-KNZ
“When I reach my home I need to change SIM card in my phone to maintain contact with my friends and relatives living at other places as they often complain that my phone remains not reachable which is not the case,” Zahid added.
A group of subscribers while talking to Kashmir News Zone-KNZ said that they borrowed the Airtel connection from the places of their work or education as they were not aware about the poor service of the network provider in the villages, maintaining that they would haven’t otherwise subscripted to the network.
They also complained that they face tough time once they are home and said that “the tower in the village will also cover the surrounding areas which also lack Airtel towers”.
“See, Airtel got its fame because of the internet bonus it provides to the customers and I also subscribed to it for the same reason but, in my village, every Airtel user feels bad because of its poor network and for me, being a student, it is very costly to maintain two SIM cards as I cannot pay hefty amounts to maintain the two,” said one of the students from Uttersoo studying in Srinagar.
He further said that during his stay at Srinagar, he was hugely benefitted from Aitel but faces severe problems once he reaches his native village missing important online updates from his college. “Once I enter my village the internet stops working giving a feeling of the Dark Age, without any connectivity to the outer world,” he added.
Meanwhile, Airtel Incharge of the area Anees Khurshid told Kashmir News Zone-KNZ “that the network problems will be solve with in a few days to make the site functional”Anees said(KNZ)
