Lok Sabha Question No. 4393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Waiting List of Landline Telephones
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY, C. N. JAYADEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH   DECEMBER,  2016

## WAITING LIST OF LANDLINE TELEPHONES

†4393. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is waiting  list  for  landline  telephone  connections  in  many  telephone exchanges;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore, State-wise including Thrissur telephone exchange;
- (c) the details of telephone exchanges of which the capacity upgradation has been done during the current financial year;
- (d) whether there is shortage of cables, telephone instruments and other equipments; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b) There is no waiting list for landline telephone connection in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).  However, in Mumbai there are some TNF (Technically non-feasible area) cases and telephone connections are provided on demand subject to the technical feasibility.

State/Circle wise details of waiting list for landline telephone connections in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) as on 30.09.2016 is at Annexure-I. There is no waiting list in Kerala Circle as on date including Thrissur telephone exchange.

The waiting list in BSNL is due to following reasons:

- (i) Many new developing areas are TNF and due to unavailability of  UG (underground)  cable,  it  is  not  possible  to  provide  landline  connection  in  these areas.
- (ii) The cable schemes are not economically viable due to high reinstatement/Right of Way charges being demanded by municipal/ local bodies.
- (c) In  BSNL,  there  is  no  capacity  upgradation  in  any  telephone  exchange  during  current financial year.
- In  MTNL  Delhi,  Najafgarh-II  telephone  exchange  capacity  increased  from  8236  lines  to 9636 lines and Dwarka Sector-6 telephone exchange capacity increased from 8000 lines to 11500 lines during the current financial year.
- In  MTNL  Mumbai,  Kalpataru  Garden  telephone  exchange  capacity  increased  from  2000 lines to 3500 lines and New Mind Space telephone exchange capacity increased from 3000 lines to 5000 lines during the current financial year.
- (d) & (e) BSNL and MTNL have informed that there is no shortage of cables and telephone instruments.

## ANNEXURE - 1

| WIRE LINE WAITING LIST AS ON 30.09.2016 FOR BSNL   | WIRE LINE WAITING LIST AS ON 30.09.2016 FOR BSNL   | WIRE LINE WAITING LIST AS ON 30.09.2016 FOR BSNL   | WIRE LINE WAITING LIST AS ON 30.09.2016 FOR BSNL   | WIRE LINE WAITING LIST AS ON 30.09.2016 FOR BSNL   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    |                                                    | Waiting List                                       | Waiting List                                       | Waiting List                                       |
| Sl No                                              | CIRCLE NAME                                        | Urban                                              | Rural                                              | Total                                              |
| 1                                                  | Andaman Nicobar                                    | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 2                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 3                                                  | Assam                                              | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 4                                                  | Bihar                                              | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 5                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                       | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 6                                                  | Gujarat                                            | 3124                                               | 652                                                | 3776                                               |
| 7                                                  | Haryana                                            | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 8                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 9                                                  | Jammu Kashmir                                      | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 10                                                 | Jharkhand                                          | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 11                                                 | Karnataka                                          | 27                                                 | 11                                                 | 38                                                 |
| 12                                                 | Kerala*                                            | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 13                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 14                                                 | Maharastra                                         | 6013                                               | 1260                                               | 7273                                               |
| 15                                                 | North East-I                                       | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 16                                                 | North East-II                                      | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 17                                                 | Orissa                                             | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 18                                                 | Punjab                                             | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 19                                                 | Rajasthan                                          | 1295                                               | 12                                                 | 1307                                               |
| 20                                                 | Tamilnadu                                          | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 21                                                 | Uttar Pradesh(E)                                   | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 22                                                 | Uttar Pradesh(W)                                   | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 23                                                 | Uttaranchal                                        | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 24                                                 | West Bengal                                        | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 25                                                 | Calcutta                                           | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 26                                                 | Chennai                                            | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
|                                                    | BSNL                                               | 10459                                              | 1935                                               | 1 2394                                             |

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