BSNL issues 5,000 SIMs in flood hit Kashmir without ID proof


State-owned telecom firm BSNL has distributed 5,000 free SIM cards in flood affected parts of the Kashmir valley without any ID proof to help people. 

The validity of these SIMs will end next week. The calls will however be free till the end of this week. 

"Government had approved distribution of 5,000 SIM cards without any ID proof. Government's priority is to save lives there without any discrimination," BSNL Director for Consumer Mobility Anupam Shrivastava told PTI.