Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Chairman and MD PK Purwar said the government has decided to merge BSNL and Bharat Broadband Nigam Limited (BBNL) this month. He added that the government has given BSNL an opportunity to turnaround their losses. With the proposed merger, BSNL will get 5.67 lakh kilometre of optical fibre network laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats.