Tribune News Service
CHANDIGARH, Sept 8 — All telephone exchanges in Punjab will be provided with STD facility by March, 1999, that will connect them with the rest of the country. Efforts are also being made to make phones available in Chandigarh on demand.
Mr R.N Sharma, Chief General Manager Telecom, Punjab Circle, said this during a meeting with MPs from Punjab and Chandigarh here today. The work on connecting all exchanges that do not have the STD facility is going on, he added. At present a number of rural and small exchanges in Punjab do not have STD facilities, he added. ...
The meeting was held at Punjab Bhavan. Mr Satya Pal Jain, Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra, Mr Zora Singh Mann, Mr Satnam Singh Kainth, Mr Tarlochan Singh Toor, Mr Rajmohinder Singh and Mr Sukhdev Singh Libra were among those who attended the meeting.
