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00:00Phone Ringing
00:19Hello
00:21Brother
00:24What are you doing?
00:26Everything is fine
00:28Hello
00:31Peace be upon you
00:35How are you brother?
00:37Everything is fine
00:39We are enjoying a lot, we are praying for you
00:42Are you calling on landline?
00:46Yes, this is it. We will get the connection soon. You are right
00:50Hello
00:52Yes
00:56Yes
00:57Yes
01:00Yes
01:27Peace be upon you
01:57Peace be upon you
02:27Peace be upon you
02:57Peace be upon you
03:27Khandel village, Bihar
03:32Khandel village, Bihar
03:34In the era of smart mobile, landline phone is connected to lifeline
03:40In this village, there are dozens of houses where landline phone is available
03:47The BASNL department has provided broadband connection for landline service
03:57But the speciality of this village is that people still talk to their relatives using the old PNT
04:05My uncle lives outside and I don't have a mobile at home. My grandfather has a mobile
04:11We talk on this mobile
04:13You talk on this mobile at home?
04:14Yes
04:15For how long?
04:16For a long time
04:18Where does your uncle live?
04:19Delhi
04:21So you don't get a mobile at home?
04:23No, for a long time
04:26Does your uncle come to anyone?
04:27Yes
04:29We think that the first landline phone was installed here in 1988 or 1989
04:37There was an exchange in our house
04:39Since then, people have kept landline phones here until mobile services started
04:47It was a reliability
04:50Since there are more people living abroad, we think that there were 20-25 landline connections in our village
05:02I am talking about 1988-1989
05:05Even today, there are still connections in 10 houses
05:11But now there is a broadband system, internet plus landline
05:16So we are trying to talk to more people
05:22Do you get IHD calls from people living abroad?
05:24Yes, that depends on the services
05:26But mostly people prefer incoming calls
05:30And we also get IHD calls
05:33How many people live abroad in this village?
05:38There are about 400 houses here
05:42And there are about 200-250 people living abroad
05:46In the Gulf countries?
05:48Yes, in the Gulf countries
05:50How many villages are there in the panchayat?
05:54We think that there are more than 200 villages in the panchayat
06:00There are 13 villages in the panchayat
06:06And everyone has a demand
06:09We have not been able to deliver the cable yet
06:12There are issues with the poles
06:13But people are getting back on BSNL
06:19Now that there is a broadband system, they have internet and landline
06:25There are both facilities
06:27In the beginning, there was a lot of call charges
06:32Outgoing call charges
06:34Now, we have taken a plan of about 700 rupees
06:41And voice calling is free
06:45You can call and receive as much as you want
06:48There is no charge for that
06:50There must be some people who live abroad
06:53They don't have a mobile phone
06:55They don't have a family
06:57Yes, there is a major issue here
06:59Let's say your landline goes out
07:03If there is a 4-5 hour breakdown
07:08In that case, it is difficult to get a mobile phone
07:12There is always a network issue
07:14But it is reliable that you can contact anyone in an emergency
07:19That is why it is kept here
07:21Yes, absolutely
07:23I don't remember accurately, but it's been 25-30 years
07:26When BSNL first came here, there was a share exchange
07:30We got it installed
07:32It was installed in my house
07:34My phone was in the whole neighborhood
07:37So, it's been a long time since I got a mobile phone
07:42When it was installed, people used to come here?
07:44Yes, people from the neighborhood
07:4610-15-20 families who live in the Gulf or outside India
07:51They used to call us
07:54We used to call and talk to them
07:57Do you still have the old connection?
08:01Yes, we had an old connection
08:03So, we restarted it
08:04We are trying to get the old connection back
08:08Whether it is Wi-Fi or landline
08:10We are trying to get it back
08:12Yes, we have mobile phones
08:14But the phone is better
08:16We are very worried
08:18Because of mobile phones, there are many new diseases
08:21Many children are using their phones like crazy
08:25The phone is better than that
08:27There is not much tension in the phone
08:29So, people are using it at home?
08:31Yes, people are using it
08:32We had a mobile phone in our house for 25-30 years
08:35But now we have changed the house
08:38So, we are trying to get the connection back
08:40There is a lot going on here
08:43People are ready to take the connection
08:46We are getting it
08:48We are doing a lot for APNT
08:51The landline is always open
08:54All the people are keeping the BSNL
08:58What is the reason?
09:00The reason is that we are getting it soon
09:02Do people still call you?
09:04Yes, they do
09:06They say that it is an old thing
09:08How many people are there in the panchayat?
09:10There are around 250 people in the panchayat
09:14And the landline is always open
09:17How many more houses are there in this village?
09:20There are around 10-15 houses
09:23Because of the high number of IHD calls
09:26The exchange office was made in this village
09:30So that people don't face any problem
09:33The landline telephone service that started in 1988
09:37Is still going on
09:39But now the BSNL has changed
09:43The telephone service has changed
09:47But it is still in this village
09:50This was the first village in the district
09:52That used to give the telephone service to the highest number of people
09:56For ETB Bharat, I am Sartaj Ahmed from Gaya