Lok Sabha Question No. 4422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Wait-List for Landline Connections
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4422 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH   MARCH, 2017

## WAIT-LIST FOR LANDLINE CONNECTIONS

## 4422. SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

- Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: (a) whether  the  BSNL  and  MTNL  are  having  a  long  wait  list  of  people  for  land-line connections; (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; (c) whether any steps are being taken by BSNL and MTNL to clear the waiting list; and if so, the details thereof and the time by which the pending applications are likely to be

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) State/Circle  wise  details  of  waiting  list  for  landline  telephone  connections  in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d) BSNL and MTNL  make continuous efforts to clear the waiting list. However, many  new  developing  areas  coming  up  in  towns  and  for  scattered    areas,  landline connections cannot be provided as they are technically non-feasible. Local bodies charges for  Right  of  Way  (RoW)    are  also  quite  high,  due  to  which  the  viability  for  providing connections become non-economical.

Contd…2/-

- (d) cleared?

Annexure-I

## State/Circle wise waiting list of BSNL/MTNL

| Sl. No   | Circle / State   | Waiting List   |
|----------|------------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andaman Nicobar  | 575            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh   | 0              |
| 3        | Assam            | 0              |
| 4        | Bihar            | 0              |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     | 186            |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 3829           |
| 7        | Haryana          | 0              |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh | 0              |
| 9        | Jammu Kashmir    | 0              |
| 10       | Jharkhand        | 0              |
| 11       | Karnataka        | 17             |
| 12       | Kerala           | 0              |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh   | 0              |
| 14       | Maharastra       | 5890           |
| 15       | North East-I     | 0              |
| 16       | North East-II    | 0              |
| 17       | Odisha           | 1310           |
| 18       | Punjab           | 0              |
| 19       | Rajasthan        | 0              |
| 20       | Tamilnadu        | 0              |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh(E) | 0              |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh(W) | 0              |
| 23       | UttaraKhand      | 0              |
| 24       | West Bengal      | 0              |
| 25       | Calcutta         | 0              |
| 26       | Chennai          | 0              |
|          | BSNL(Total)      | 11807          |
|          | MTNL             |                |
| 01       | Delhi            | 0              |
| 02       | Mumbai           | 1129           |
|          | MTNL(Total)      | 1129           |

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