ECONOMYNEXT – Indian Army signallers re-connected a broken optical fibre cable in Sri Lanka’s Mahiyangana area as part of relief operations in the island after Cyclone Ditwah, the Indian High Commission said. The Indian relief team also operated a field hospital in Mahiyangana, which is between Kandy and Baddula towns. Badulla and Kandy districts were among the hardest hit by Cyclone Ditwah. The fibre cable had been damaged by a falling tree in the wake of the cyclone, causing a large communication black-out in the area. “To re-establish the connectivity, Indian Army signallers carried out precise OFC splicing near the…
Indian army relief team re-connects Sri Lanka optical fibre link severed by cyclone
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