How Indus Towers ensured Tamil Nadu stayed connected during incessant rain?

CHENNAI, INDIA: Despite the heavy and incessant rains that have wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu over the past few days, a ray of hope has kept the people of the state connected.

Indus Towers, a telecom tower company has ensured that connectivity through its towers remains unaffected even when accessibility and maintenance of sites were challenged due to the heavy downpour.

This is how the process was planned:
Indus put in place a team of 550 people that has been working on several fronts to ensure that connectivity is restored in the affected areas in the shortest possible time.

With greater focus on diesel filling to keep the sites running, additional 64 diesel vehicles have been deployed in affected areas with the additional vehicles pressed in coastal area for emergency and for enabling teams to reach the affected sites.

Indus’ on-ground team has also been equipped with the emergency spares along with mobilizing additional manpower from neighboring locations to sustain the process.

Realizing the need for continued communication support in the hour of crisis, Indus has ensured that telecom towers are continuously up and running, so that people can reach out to their loved ones when they need to stay connected the most.

The company is also working closely with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to mitigate the situation and helping them get life back-on-track.

Indus Towers operates through a strong network of 13,000 towers through the state of Tamil Nadu and despite major power disruptions across these areas, impacting over 4,200 sites, Indus on-ground teams have been working round the clock to restore normalcy by keeping the sites running via diesel refill. The power restoration work on outskirts of Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu is expected to take another 48 hours.

Sharing his views, Siva Rao, Circle CEO, Tamil Nadu, Indus Towers, said, “Our ground teams are working round the clock to ensure that we continue to provide uninterrupted telecommunications network. We are working tirelessly to restore the communications infrastructure and therefore remain committed towards maintaining uninterrupted coverage in the affected areas as well as the rest of the state.”