According to the financial statements of BSNL it is seen that the income from miscellaneous receipts which may include the selling of scraps is about Rs.70 crores. This is far less than what should be, if all the SSAs have done the job fully with regard to selling of scraps.
As per the reports received by us, there are many SSAs where the scraps are heaped in the store or compounds for years together and has not been disposed off. There are much scraps in the various telecom factories/telecom stores also. By selling the scraps, there are two benefits. One, the company will get some revenue and secondly, the space where the scraps are dumbed will be free for other use. In the factories, the zinc ash etc. keeping will adversely affect the health of the workers also.
The BSNL management should take speedy action for selling of the scraps and getting revenue out of it. BSNL Unions at the SSA level should also take up the issue with the GMs and ensure that selling of scraps is done at the earliest.