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Lightning downs phone services
Local residents of Kimathanka, Chepuwa, and Hariya among other remote settlements, are hugely affected due to disruption in cell phone services.bookmark
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Published at : April 14, 2024
Updated at : April 14, 2024 18:02
Sankhuwasabha
Telephone service has been disrupted in northern villages of Bhotkhola Rural Municipality, Sankhuwasabha, after a lightning strike damaged a repeater tower of the Nepal Telecom at Makpalung.
Local residents of Kimathanka, Chepuwa, and Hariya among other remote settlements, are hugely affected due to disruption in cell phone services.
According to the Khandbari branch of the Nepal Telecom, a team of technicians has been dispatched to repair the damaged tower, but the team has yet to reach the site due to adverse climate and difficult terrain.
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