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The BBMP has issued a notice to these service providers asking them to submit the details by December 20.
”It has come to notice that many of these telecom and Internet service providers have laid unauthorised OFCs in the city. We have issued a notice to them to declare details of such unauthorised OFCs latest by December 20 afterwhich the same will be regularised,” a senior BBMP official said.
”Even earlier, several attempts were made by the civic body to regulate OFCs laying in the city to protect road and mobilise revenue. However, these attempts failed but this time, strict action would be initiated against these service providers if they do not adhere to the rules and declare unauthorised OFCs,” he said.
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After receiving several complaints of rampant road-digging by private companies for laying OFCs lines in Bengaluru in July this year, the BBMP considered regularising such illegally laid lines by levying a penalty on the companies. Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had also sought he details of permissions given to such companies and how many kilometres of lines were laid by them in the city.