Sunamganj mobile connectivity restored

One week into the devastating flood that engulfed the Sylhet region, mobile connectivity has been restored in most areas of the worst-hit Sunamganj district. 

According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, functionality of 447 out of 629 network towers were restored as of Saturday evening. On June 16 and June 17, 1,904 out of a total of 2,528 network sites of Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Teletalk in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrakona were made inoperative for a blackout forced by the flood.

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According to officials of the operators, network towers usually run on commercial electricity. While there are batteries and generators as a standby power supply, they can only run for a couple of hours.

Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar earlier told The Daily Star that the main problem was ensuring access to electricity for the network towers. "Transporting the required fuel is also difficult," he added.