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TELEGRAM SERVICE IN INDIA TO CLOSE AT 9.00 PM ON SUNDAY

The first experimental electric telegraph line was started between Kolkata and Diamond
Harbour in 1850 and it was opened for use by the British East India Company the following year. In 1854, the service was
made available to the public.

The 160-year old telegram service in the country will
operate for the last time on Sunday.
"Tomorrow is the last day fortelegram services. The service will start at 8 am and close by 9 pm,"
BSNL CMD RK Upadhyay told .
"The service will not be available from Monday."
State-run telecom firm BSNL has decided to discontinue telegrams following a huge shortfall in
revenue. The service generated about Rs75 lakh annually, compared with the cost of over Rs100 crore to run and manage it.
The use of telegrams has declined with the spread of mobile phones and the Internet in the country.
The first experimental electric telegraph line was started between Kolkata and Diamond
Harbour in 1850 and it was opened for use by the British East India Company the following year. In 1854, the service was
made available to the public.
There are about 75 telegram centres in the country, with less
than 1,000 employees to manage them. BSNL will absorb these
employees and deploy them to manage mobile services, landline telephony and broadband
services.
Faced with declining revenue, the government had revised telegram charges in May 2011,
after a gap of 60 years. Charges for inland telegram services were hiked to Rs27 per 50 words.

Shall we say a Good Bye to Telegram!!!