Lok Sabha Question No. 922 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Green Energy for Mobile Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.922 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## GREEN ENERGY FOR MOBILE TOWERS

922.   SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to establish mobile towers powered by Solar and other renewable source of energy in remote village areas especially to improve communications in Naxal-hit areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of mobile towers set up which run on green energy, State and operatorwise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  to  (c)  1836  new  mobile  towers  based  on  solar  energy  are  being  setup  in  ten  left  wing extremist  affected  States.  The  work  is  being  executed  by  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited (BSNL).  As on 31.01.2017, 1831 new mobile towers out of 1836 have been made functional. Further, BSNL has set up 119 mobile towers powered by Solar energy at different locations in the country under other scheme such as Jawahar Lal Nehru Solar Mission etc. State-wise break-up is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## State-wise breakup of mobile tower locations with Green/ Renewable Energy

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of towers powered by solar energy set up by BSNL |   No. of towers powered by solar energy under LWE project |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                      0 |                                                        40 |
| 2.       | Bihar            |                                                      1 |                                                       184 |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh     |                                                      1 |                                                       146 |
| 4.       | Jharkhand        |                                                      1 |                                                       782 |
| 5.       | Maharashtra      |                                                      1 |                                                        57 |
| 6.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                      0 |                                                        16 |
| 7.       | Odisha           |                                                      1 |                                                       248 |
| 8.       | Telangana        |                                                      0 |                                                       184 |
| 9.       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                      6 |                                                        78 |
| 10.      | West Bengal      |                                                      3 |                                                        96 |
| 11       | Gujarat          |                                                      1 |                                                         0 |
| 12       | Haryana          |                                                      4 |                                                         0 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh |                                                     19 |                                                         0 |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir  |                                                     16 |                                                         0 |
| 15       | Karnataka        |                                                      4 |                                                         0 |
| 16       | Kerala           |                                                      3 |                                                         0 |
| 17       | Punjab           |                                                      4 |                                                         0 |
| 18       | Rajasthan        |                                                      5 |                                                         0 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu       |                                                      4 |                                                         0 |
| 20       | North East       |                                                     19 |                                                         0 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand      |                                                     26 |                                                         0 |
|          | Total            |                                                    119 |                                                      1831 |

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