The employees of state-owned Nepal Telecom (NT) have organized a protest programme against the government’s decision to suspend services of pre-paid mobile phones on Monday.

NT employees wearing black bands in protest. nepalnews.com/rh

NT employees wearing black bands in protest. nepalnews.com/rh
The employees staged a symbolic protest by working with black bands between 10 a.m. and 12 a.m.

Two leading trade unions — Nepal Telecom Workers’ Union (NTWU) and Telecom Employees Association Nepal (TEAN) — have jointly organized the protest programmes beginning Monday.

The central agitation committee further said that they would surround the office of the managing director in Kathmandu and regional directors from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

The committee said that they would announce stronger programmes if the government turned a deaf ear towards their demands.

On Sunday, NTWU president Kumar Jung Karki said in a press meet that they would increase the time of sit-in protests by one hour every day.

Pre-paid mobile phone services were resumed after six months of closure last year. The government has closed the services since a month citing security reasons. There are over 200,000 pre-paid users in the country.