SCO restores telecommunication system in AJK, GB.

MUZAFFARABAD -- Special Communication Organisation (SCO) has restored Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) where torrential rains and heavy snowfall badly damaged OFC and caused breakdown of telecommunication facilities in that area.

Glaciers and land sliding from recent spell of torrential rains and heavy snowfall not only caused severe damage to the telecommunication system in AJK and GB but also deprived people from contacts to other areas.

Land sliding in Azad Kashmir damaged the Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) connecting Muzaffarabad with Taobat via Athmuqam, Dudhnial, Sharda and Kel in Neelum Valley, Gappa Gali and Rashian Top in Leepa Valley, Kohala and Bara Kot in Muzaffarabad region and Chikar and Sudhan Gali between Bagh and Garhidupatta.

Similarly due to earthquake and landsliding, OFC damaged at Doian, Jaglot, Thalichi, Tattapani (Rai Kot), Astore in Gilgit region and Sanochal and Sassi near Kachura, Durando, Shangas...