On 03rd January 2023, the Ministry of Communications issued a notification in regard to the enforcement of the Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules, 2022, under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885), deemed to be effective immediately.
The Rules state basic definitions under Section 2. The Rules further states under Section 3, the “Procedure for exercising the legal right to dig or excavate any property” , which states the following –
(1) Any person desiring to dig or excavate in the legal exercise of a right with any property in such a manner as is likely to cause damage to a telegraph infrastructure or to interrupt or interfere with telegraphic communication which has been duly placed in accordance with the provisions of the Act, shall give notice to licensee through common portal, by submitting the information of such digging or excavation, prior to the commencement of such exercise.