Lok Sabha Question No. 3725 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: BTS in Uttarakhand
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ajay Tamta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3725 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH   DECEMBER, 2019

## BTS IN UTTARAKHAND

## †3725. SHRI AJAY TAMTA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of operational Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in the State of Uttarakhand are as per the requirement and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) whether  the  Government  will  make  efforts  to  increase  the  number  of  Base  Transceiver Stations (BTS) for expanding mobile connectivity in Uttarakhand;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard along with the names of the places where new BTS are likely to be installed; and
- (d) the district-wise number of BTS presently working in Uttarakhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) The Government has taken several policy initiatives to facilitate infrastructure growth which include permitting trading/sharing/ liberalisation of spectrum, permitting passive &  active infrastructure  sharing,  notification  of  Right  of  Way  Rules  2016,  making  available  government land/buildings  for  installations  of  towers  etc.  As  a  result,  around  15.57  lakh  additional  Base Transceiver  Stations  (BTSs)  for  2G/3G/4G-LTE  services  have  been  added  by  Telecom  Service Providers(TSPs) during the period from April 2014 (6.49 lakh BTS) to 30 th  November, 2019 (22.06 lakh BTS) and 1.67 lakh mobile towers have been added during the period from Dec' 2015 (4.15 lakh)  to  30 th November  2019  (5.82  lakh  mobile  towers)  across  the  country.  In  the  state  of Uttarakhand, 25523 numbers of BTSs are operational as on 30.11.2019 & number of Mobile towers is 5878 as detailed at Annexure-I . Further, new BTSs are installed by Telecom Service Providers to improve coverage and/or capacity of their networks based on their techno-commercial requirements on continuous basis.

(b) & (c) The  Government  has  planned  to  cover  all  uncovered  villages  in  a  phased  manner, utilizing the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). Provision of Mobile Services in Uncovered Areas of J&K and Ladakh region and part of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand States and other priority  areas  are  being  covered  under  354  Uncovered  Villages  Schemes  Project.  Department  of Telecom has floated a tender dated 17.10.2019 on technology neutral and outcome based approach for  the  provisioning  of  Mobile  Services  in  these  354  uncovered  villages  including  28  villages  of Uttarakhand as detailed at Annexure-II.

- (d) The district-wise number of BTS presently working in Uttarakhand is given at Annexure-III.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred  to  in  reply  of  para  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3725  to  be answered on 11th December, 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Ajay Tamta, regarding 'BTS in Uttarakhand'

| District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   | District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   | District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   | District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   | District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   | District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   | District-wise number of Mobile towers in Uttarakhand   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                | District Name                                          | Ground based                                           | Roof based                                             | Cell On- Wheels                                        | Others (LPBTS& Wall- mount)                            | Total Towers (as on 05.12.2019)                        |
| 1                                                      | Almora                                                 | 229                                                    | 34                                                     | 0                                                      | 2                                                      | 265                                                    |
| 2                                                      | Bageshwar                                              | 90                                                     | 1                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 91                                                     |
| 3                                                      | Chamoli                                                | 168                                                    | 27                                                     | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 195                                                    |
| 4                                                      | Champawat                                              | 112                                                    | 7                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 119                                                    |
| 5                                                      | Dehradun                                               | 883                                                    | 566                                                    | 69                                                     | 323                                                    | 1841                                                   |
| 6                                                      | Haridwar                                               | 756                                                    | 278                                                    | 25                                                     | 191                                                    | 1250                                                   |
| 7                                                      | Nainital                                               | 494                                                    | 132                                                    | 18                                                     | 36                                                     | 680                                                    |
| 8                                                      | Pauri                                                  | 309                                                    | 33                                                     | 1                                                      | 3                                                      | 346                                                    |
| 9                                                      | Pithoragarh                                            | 165                                                    | 34                                                     | 2                                                      | 0                                                      | 201                                                    |
| 10                                                     | Rudraparyag                                            | 120                                                    | 4                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 124                                                    |
| 11                                                     | Tehri                                                  | 331                                                    | 28                                                     | 2                                                      | 5                                                      | 366                                                    |
| 12                                                     | Udham Singh Nagar                                      | 141                                                    | 23                                                     | 1                                                      | 64                                                     | 229                                                    |
| 13                                                     | Uttarakashi                                            | 152                                                    | 18                                                     | 1                                                      | 0                                                      | 171                                                    |
|                                                        | Grand Total                                            | 3950                                                   | 1185                                                   | 119                                                    | 624                                                    | 5878                                                   |

Annexure referred to in reply of para (b)& (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3725 to be answered on 11th December, 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Ajay Tamta, regarding 'BTS in Uttarakhand'

|   S.N. | State       | District    | Block     | Village            |
|--------|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------------|
|      1 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Bampa              |
|      2 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Farkiagaon         |
|      3 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Garpak             |
|      4 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Gurguti            |
|      5 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Jalam              |
|      6 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Jumma              |
|      7 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | KagaLaggaDronagiri |
|      8 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Kailashpur         |
|      9 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | khiron             |
|     10 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Sukhi              |
|     11 | Uttarakhand | Chamoli     | Joshimath | Tolma              |
|     12 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Champawat | Bastiya            |
|     13 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Champawat | Birgola            |
|     14 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Champawat | Chuka              |
|     15 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Champawat | Mosta              |
|     16 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Champawat | Ninori             |
|     17 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Champawat | Tarkuli            |
|     18 | Uttarakhand | Champawat   | Lohaghat  | Matiyani           |
|     19 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Dharchula | DAR                |
|     20 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Dharchula | Jipti              |
|     21 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Dharchula | Sirkha             |
|     22 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Dharchula | SOVALA             |
|     23 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Munakot   | Katiyani           |
|     24 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Munakot   | Tarigaon           |
|     25 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Munsiari  | BONA               |
|     26 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Munsyari  | Bilju              |
|     27 | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh | Munsyari  | Milam              |
|     28 | Uttarakhand | Uttarkashi  | Mori      | Monda              |

Annexure referred to in reply  of  para  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3725  to  be answered on 11th December, 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Ajay Tamta, regarding 'BTS in Uttarakhand'

| Sr. No.     | Name of the District   |   Total number of BTS presently working in District as on 30.11.2019 |
|-------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | Almora                 |                                                                  896 |
| 2           | Bageshwar              |                                                                  263 |
| 3           | Chamoli                |                                                                  744 |
| 4           | Champawat              |                                                                  397 |
| 5           | Dehradun               |                                                                 7113 |
| 6           | Haridwar               |                                                                 3968 |
| 7           | Nainital               |                                                                 3223 |
| 8           | PauriGarhwal           |                                                                 1782 |
| 9           | Pithoragarh            |                                                                  641 |
| 10          | Rudraprayag            |                                                                  443 |
| 11          | TehriGharwal           |                                                                 1303 |
| 12          | Udham Singh Nagar      |                                                                 4182 |
| 13          | Uttarkashi             |                                                                  568 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total            |                                                                25523 |

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