Lok Sabha Question No. 1951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Optical Fibres
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1951 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  JULY, 2019

## OPTICAL FIBRES

## 1951. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  length  of  optical  fibre  laid  down  under  Bharat-Net  project,  especially  in  rural areas, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) whether the Bharat Broadband Network has any significant Non-Performing Assets and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) BharatNet is being implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity at all Gram Panchayats (approx. 2,50,000) in the country. As on 20.06.2019, a total of 3,40,085 km Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) has been laid connecting 1,29,760 Gram Panchayats (GPs) over OFC, of which 1,19,741 GPs have been made Service Ready.  Further, 828 GPs have been made Service Ready over satellite media.

The State/UT-wise details of optical fibre, laid under BharatNet project, are given in Annexure-I .

- (b) BharatNet is under implementation and the infrastructure, being created under the project, is a national asset, which is accessible on a non-discriminatory basis to all the Service Providers.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in  reply of para (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1951 to be answered on 3 rd July, 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Ravneet Singh Bittu regarding Optical Fibres

## State/UT-wise details of optical fibre laid, under BharatNet project

| S. No.   | State/UT            |   Optical Fibre Cable laid (km) |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |                            8906 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                            1519 |
| 3        | Andaman &Nicobar    |                              34 |
| 4        | Assam               |                            4810 |
| 5        | Bihar               |                           19581 |
| 6        | Chandigarh          |                              19 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |                           13940 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                              68 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |                              26 |
| 10       | Gujarat             |                           18456 |
| 11       | Haryana             |                           11977 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh    |                             723 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir      |                             749 |
| 14       | Jharkhand           |                            7498 |
| 15       | Karnataka           |                           14010 |
| 16       | Kerala              |                             830 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep         |                               0 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh      |                           46400 |
| 19       | Maharashtra         |                           37449 |
| 20       | Manipur             |                             634 |
| 21       | Meghalaya           |                             950 |
| 22       | Mizoram             |                             689 |
| 23       | Nagaland            |                            1998 |
| 24       | Odisha              |                           12042 |
| 25       | Puducherry          |                              92 |
| 26       | Punjab              |                           17093 |
| 27       | Rajasthan           |                           28827 |
| 28       | Sikkim              |                             665 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu          |                               0 |
| 30       | Telangana           |                            5369 |
| 31       | Tripura             |                            1683 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh       |                           71069 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand         |                            3595 |
| 34       | West Bengal         |                            8384 |
|          | Total               |                          340085 |

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