"We have told the police to track all those involved in sabotaging the infrastructure," a senior official in the Punjab state government told Reuters on condition of anonymity. A senior Punjab state police official said the power supply was disrupted to several telecom towers in the state, mainly ones owned by Jio, the telecommunications arm of Reliance Industries. At least 1,600 towers were affected in total due to the power supply disruption and about 30 towers have been damaged, Tilak Raj Dua, director general of the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), told Reuters. Dua said the association was trying to determine which companies were affected and had written to the police in Punjab asking for protection of the towers. Representatives of two of the 31 farmers' unions protesting against the laws rejected the allegations when contacted by Reuters.

Source: bd News24 December 28, 2020 09:33 UTC