<p><strong>Phones went dead after cable snapped 6 days ago</strong><br /><br />The Social Welfare Department and Central Relief Committee's (CRC) ongoing month-long initiative aimed at eradicating beggar menace in the city has received a jolt as not one of the three telephone numbers (23486626, 23434648 and 23481580) of the Centre are working since au00a0 cable was damaged in the area six days ago.<br /><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">The beggar helpline is expected to start functioning in a day or two.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Lakshminarasaiah, the superintendent of Central Relief Committee, said, "We used to get around 50 calls a day on the numbers. Our secretary, Krishne Gowda, has given a written complaint to the BSNL. The officials have agreed to give us wireless phones till the lines are restored."<br /><br />"The BSNL officials have promised that our centre lines will be ready in a day or two. Land- lines of the whole area have gone dead due to some cable fault," said Manje Gowda, the CRC president.</p>

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