India, Feb. 25 -- Goa faced broadband internet disruption across the state on Tuesday as the electricity department began cutting fibre cables of service providers citing safety reasons, lack of permission and non-payment of licence fees.

The affected broadband internet users include hospitals, government offices including the state police headquarters and the state transport department, educational and business institutions etc. The service providers who faced the action included major private players like Airtel, Jio, Ethernet Express, etc.

"We have cut the cables from 43 poles," Goa Electricity Department executive engineer Kashinath Shetye said.

The department also cut the cables connecting the central node of the Goa Broadband Net...