Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will organise a mega mela under ‘Serve With Smile’ programme in Tiruchi, Karur, Pudukottai, Perambalur and Ariyalur districts on August 10.
During the mela, customers can obtain life-time New Vasantham SIM cards with free first recharge. SIM card users can talk free for 1,000 seconds every month within BSNL network for three months. In addition, they can send 25 local or national SMS free of cost to any network every month for three months. They wil also get free data usage for 50 MB for one month, said V. Raju, Principal General Manager, BSNL, Tiruchi.
These special melas will be held at Customer Service Centres located at Pudukottai, Ponnmaravathy, Karur, Kulithalai, Aranthangi, Thuraiyur, Musiri, Manapparai, Pallapatti, Ariyalur, Jayamkondam, the Principal General Manager office, Main Guard Gate, Srirangam, Tiruverambur and Jamal Mohamed College.
He said that the SIM card will be issued on production of pass-port size photo and Photostat copy of any of the documents such as passport, family card, EPIC card or Aadhaar card.
The mela will also be utilised to provide new telephone and broadband services, he added.
A procession will be taken out in Tiruchi from the BSNL office to Central bus stand, to create awareness among the customers in this regard, he added.