Telecom Secretary’s letter on monetisation of BSNL’s lands and buildings creates apprehensions – BSNLEU writes to the Secretary, Telecom and CMD BSNL..

Recently, the Secretary, Telecom, has issued a letter to all the Secretaries and Chief Secretaries, regarding the availability of BSNL Lands and Buildings for sale, in prime locations throughout the country. This letter has created reasonable apprehensions in the minds of the employees and the general public that, BSNL Lands and Buildings are on distress sale. In this connection, BSNLEU has written a letter addressed to the Secretary, Telecom and CMD BSNL raising the following demands:-

1. The sale proceeds of lands and buildings being monetised should come to BSNL and should not be taken over by the Government.  
2. Relocation of employees from the buildings located in prime areas to the outskirts of cities and towns should not be done, for the purpose of selling those lands and buildings located in prime areas. 
3. Employees and pensioners occupying staff quarters located in prime areas should not be forcibly evacuated to sell those properties.