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Lightning Damages NTC Towers, Disrupts Telecom Service

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Lightning Damages NTC Towers, Disrupts Telecom Service
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February 13: Lightning that struck the radio repeater tower of Nepal Telecom at Chhededaha Rural Municipality of Bajura district has disrupted telecommunication services, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).

Khagendra Rawat, chairperson of Chhededaha ward-7, informed RSS that the lightning caused damages to a Nepal Telecom tower based in the forest at Chhededaha.

With the damages to the tower and solar panels, the telecom service of the state-owned company has come to a complete halt in the area. There has been no telecom-facilitated connectivity in and around Aatichaur, Gudukhati and Dogadi areas for the past three days, RSS said.  

The lightning has reportedly destroyed all 15 solar panels installed around the tower.

The disruption of telecom service has caused trouble to the local people for day-to-day communications.

Likewise, Man Bahadur Rokaya, Information Officer at Bajura-based Nepal Telecom office, shared that the lightning has also triggered damages to another NTC tower at Kalajagra. It has obstructed all the services of Nepal Telecom at Kolti region. Rokaya informed that it may take couples of days to repair the tower as the location is fully covered with pileup of snow.

A tower of Subisu, an internet service provider company, was also partially damaged due to lightning.

 

 

 

 

 

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