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To help families contact their relatives on other side of the Line of Control

NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunication will be setting up four telecom facilitation centres in Srinagar, Jammu, Uri and Tangdhar to help people in Jammu & Kashmir contact their relatives on the other side of the Line of Control in the wake of the October 8 earthquake.

"These centres will permit people in J&K, who have relatives in Muzaffarabad, to contact them on telephone, free of charge, for the next fortnight.

This facility is being provided as a special case, on the directions of Prime Minister [Manmohan Singh]. The centres are expected to be operational by October 19 ..." the External Affairs Ministry said.

In Srinagar and Jammu, the centres will be located near the police control room, while in Uri and Tangdhar, they will be located adjacent to the police outpost

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