Lok Sabha Question No. 3573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-17
Subject: Telephone Services in West Bengal
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2021

## TELEPHONE SERVICES IN WEST BENGAL

## †3573. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has carried out the work of providing telephone service in all the districts of West Bengal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof district-wise; and
- (c) if not, the time by which the said work is likely to be completed in all the areas?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) All  the  districts  of  West  Bengal  State  have  been  provided  with  telephone  facilities. District-wise  number  of  Base  Transceiver  Stations  (BTSs)  providing  mobile  network  coverage  in West Bengal are given in Annexure .
- (c) Not applicable in view of reply at (a) & (b) above.

Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3573 to be  answered  on  17 th March,  2021  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, regarding 'Telephone Services in West Bengal'

## District-wise number of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) in West Bengal

| S. No.   | District Name      |   Number of BTSs (as on 28.02.2021) |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Alipurduar         |                                2101 |
| 2        | Bankura            |                                5398 |
| 3        | Bardhaman (East)   |                                6821 |
| 4        | Bardhaman (West)   |                                5081 |
| 5        | Birbhum            |                                5473 |
| 6        | Cooch Behar        |                                3763 |
| 7        | Dakshin Dinajpur   |                                2207 |
| 8        | Darjeeling         |                                3493 |
| 9        | East Midnapore     |                                6724 |
| 10       | Hoogly             |                                8444 |
| 11       | Howrah             |                                7634 |
| 12       | Jalpaiguri         |                                3613 |
| 13       | Jhargram           |                                1761 |
| 14       | Kalimpong          |                                 578 |
| 15       | Kolkata            |                               16410 |
| 16       | Malda              |                                4943 |
| 17       | Murshidabad        |                                8832 |
| 18       | Nadia              |                                7766 |
| 19       | North 24 Paraganas |                               16822 |
| 20       | Purulia            |                                4037 |
| 21       | South 24 Paraganas |                               10627 |
| 22       | Uttar Dinajpur     |                                3951 |
| 23       | West Midnapore     |                                7454 |
| Total    | Total              |                              143933 |

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