MUMBAI, JULY 2: Reeling under the onslaught of the rains, thousands of telephone lines in Mumbai have gone dead following cable breakdowns at nearly all MTNL exchanges. An MTNL press release stated that cable restoration work is in progress.The exchanges and areas affected are:Bandra exchange: Bandstand, Mount Mary, Kane Rd, H K Bhabha Road, Peter Dias, Rebello Road, Mount Carmel, ONGC quarters, Bandra Reclamation, Nityanand Nagar, Waroda Road, St Peter Road, Hill Road, St Dominic and St Andrews Road.Andheri exchange: N S Road nos 6, 8, 9 and 10, A B Nair Road, Juhu Church Road, Juhu Gaothan, Juhu Gulmohar cross roads no 1, 2, 3 and 4.Ghatkopar exchange Vallabh Baug, Doshiwadi, Garodia Nagar, Pant Nagar, Kamat Nagar and Wadia Estate. Mankhurd exchange: Part of S T Road (eastern side) and Govandi bridge road. Mira Road, Dahisar Checknaka, Amar Palace hotel area, Mira Industrial Estate, Mira Co-operative, Raju Industrial area and Carter Road (Borivli east).Marol exchange:Hindi Friends society and Hardevi society at Jogeshwari, Sahasi Raje Road (Vile Parle east), and Bamanwada at Andheri east. Goregaon exchange: Kaveri, Ganga Jyoti, Krishna Leela, Jamuna Darshan, Nand Dham, Ram Kutir, Bhandekar wadi.Wadala exchange: Matunga east, Dadar TT, Dr D B Road, BMC colony, Central Railway workshop, Custom staff quarters, and Hindu Colony at Dadar.Sion exchange: 90 ft road, Mukesh Nagar, Kumbharwada, Kings Circle, BIT Chawl, Shahu Nagar, Geetanjali Nagar and Ambedkar Nagar.Byculla exchange: Pragati Industrial Estate, N M Joshi Marg, Bharat Nagar (Grant Road), Kamathi Pura, and Duncan RoadThousands of telephone lines in the areas of Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan and Dombivli, which come under the Kalyan Telephone District (KTD), also went dead. Only a week earlier, 9,000 lines had gone dead. According to KTD officials, some 2,500 lines have stopped working today.Both the KTD general manager C Nithiyanandham and area manager (Kalyan) S K Bali wereunavailable for comment despite repeated attempts.
