Bharatpur : If there is an emergency, then call 108… An ambulance equipped with medical services reaches the spot within some time, but if this is done in the remote Dang area of the district, in Karanpur and surrounding villages, then in case of an accident, 108. The call made to call an ambulance reaches Madhya Pradesh. After tracing the location, the call center advises to call a Rajasthan ambulance. The condition of other standard call services in Karanpur area is more or less the same. Recently, two out of five people who got burnt due to electric current died due to non-availability of ambulance due to this reason.
Had the ambulance arrived on time the death would not have occurred.
Recently, five people got burnt due to electric current in Karanpur area. When the villagers called an ambulance to take the injured to the hospital, there was no network connectivity. Despite much effort, the ambulance did not reach the accident site.
Same is the case with calls to numbers 100, 101 and 104.
Due to lack of better network connectivity in Dang area, all the services related to communication system are slow. Due to lack of network in Rajasthan, the message of services is received through Madhya Pradesh. Apart from 108 ambulance, calls from all the helpline numbers of 104 Mamta Express (Women’s Health Service), 101 fire brigade and 100 police assistance center reach Madhya Pradesh.
More than 20 thousand consumers are facing problems
At present, food logistics distribution, fertilizer seed distribution, all e-Mitra services, all government digital services are done online. Due to lack of network in Karanpur one has to go to Karauli or Sapotra. There are more than 20 thousand BSNL customers in the sub tehsil area, but they are forced to connect with other telecom companies.
The process of adding OFC line is in limbo.
Due to the development of Dang area and the forest department’s hindrance in telecommunication facilities, the BSNL tower of Karanpur is connected to Birpur in Madhya Pradesh through a mini link. BSNL OFC line of Birpur, Madhya Pradesh keeps getting cut every day. Due to which Dang area Karanpur gets services only one or two days in a month. Jio network signals are available from Birpur, Sillipur (Shyampur), Raghunathpur of Madhya Pradesh. The process of connecting the OFC line to the sub-tehsil area for BSNL services is in limbo.
