Lok Sabha Question No. 2465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Mobile Towers by BSNL and MTNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  AUGUST, 2018

## MOBILE TOWERS BY BSNL AND MTNL

†2465. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of mobile towers installed by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the target set for year 2018-19 in this regard, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State/Circle/UT-wise  details  of  Base  Transceiver  Stations  (BTSs)  installed  by Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  and  Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited (MTNL) during last three years and the current year is at Annexure-I.
- (b) Details of plan for the year 2018-19 for installation of BTSs by BSNL and MTNL is at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

## Details of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs)  installed by BSNL and MTNL during last three years and in current year:

| S.No.   | State/Circle        | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   |
|---------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|         | BSNL                |        |        |        |        |
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar    | 23     | 3      | 107    | 4      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 2056   | 1236   | 193    | 675    |
| 3       | Telengana           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 462    |
| 4       | Assam               | 110    | 95     | 679    | 7      |
| 5       | Bihar               | 377    | 141    | 1340   | 78     |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 177    | 36     | 0      | 536    |
| 7       | Gujarat             | 317    | 65     | 0      | 482    |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh    | 192    | 266    | 339    | 0      |
| 9       | Haryana             | 515    | 568    | 390    | 170    |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 59     | 82     | 174    | 130    |
| 11      | Jharkhand           | 443    | 801    | 353    | 136    |
| 12      | Kerala              | 901    | 1951   | 133    | 725    |
| 13      | Karnataka           | 776    | 1537   | 39     | 518    |
| 14      | Maharashtra         | 520    | 133    | 6      | 1899   |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh      | 261    | 462    | 0      | 1120   |
| 16      | North East-I        | 246    | 43     | 507    | 72     |
| 17      | North East-II       | 208    | 174    | 221    | 25     |
| 18      | Odisha              | 1041   | 453    | 1072   | 106    |
| 19      | Punjab              | 557    | 433    | 1025   | 112    |
| 20      | Rajasthan           | 366    | 1129   | 463    | 370    |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu          | 762    | 1009   | 329    | 43     |
| 22      | Uttar Pradesh-East  | 909    | 822    | 977    | 750    |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh- West | 660    | 247    | 558    | 195    |
| 24      | Uttarakhand         | 203    | 94     | 337    | 132    |
| 25      | West Bengal         | 359    | 132    | 628    | 84     |
| 26      | Kolkata             | 125    | 191    | 1218   | 252    |
| 27      | Chennai             | 140    | 352    | 399    | 322    |
|         | Total               | 12303  | 12455  | 11487  | 9405   |
| MTNL    | MTNL                |        |        |        |        |
| 1       | Delhi               | 0      | 0      | 458    | 196    |
| 2       | Mumbai              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|         | Total               | 0      | 0      | 458    | 196    |

Annexure-II Plan of BSNL and MTNL for installation of BaseTransceiver Stations (BTSs) during

## 2018-19

| S.No.   | State/Circle              | for 2018-19   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------|
|         | BSNL                      |               |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 122           |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            | 1206          |
| 3       | Telangana                 | 860           |
| 4       | Assam                     | 459           |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 386           |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh              | 1949          |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 3533          |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh          | 491           |
| 9       | Haryana                   | 1097          |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 594           |
| 11      | Jharkhand                 | 401           |
| 12      | Kerala                    | 1744          |
| 13      | Karnataka                 | 1524          |
| 14      | Maharashtra               | 5838          |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh            | 2719          |
| 16      | North East-I              | 446           |
| 17      | North East-II             | 176           |
| 18      | Odisha                    | 715           |
| 19      | Punjab                    | 1820          |
| 20      | Rajasthan                 | 2549          |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu                | 2300          |
| 22      | Uttar Pradesh-East        | 2969          |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh-West        | 1144          |
| 24      | Uttarakhand               | 359           |
| 25      | West Bengal               | 1440          |
| 26      | Kolkata                   | 710           |
| 27      | Chennai                   | 745           |
|         | Total                     | 38296         |
|         | MTNL                      |               |
| 1       | Delhi                     | 524           |
| 2       | Mumbai                    | 0             |
| Total   | Total                     | 524           |

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