Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: New Mobile Towers in Naxal Areas
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.490 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## NEW MOBILE TOWERS IN NAXAL AREAS

- †490.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
- (a) whether targets have been fixed by the Government to install new mobile towers in the Naxal affected areas;
- (b) if so, the State-wise details thereof;
- (c) the number of mobile towers made operational so far along with the location-wise details thereof;
- (d) the reasons for not commissioning the leftover mobile towers; and
- (e) the response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details are as below:
- i)    The  cabinet approved the project of LWE Phase-I on 20-08-2014 for providing mobile  connectivity  in  MHA  (Ministry  of  Home  Affairs)  identified  2355  tower locations in the left wing extremism affected areas.
- ii)  The  cabinet  has  approved  the  project  LWE  Phase-II  for  providing  mobile connectivity in 4072 MHA identified tower locations in the Left Wing Extremism affected areas in 96 districts of 10 states on 23-05-2018.
- (b) State wise list is enclosed as Annexures 1 & 2.
- (c) Total 2343 tower locations are made operational as on date under LWE Phase-I project. The details are at http://usof.gov.in/usof-cms/LWE\_Phase\_I.jsp
- (d) & (e) 05  no's  of  sites  in  Odisha  could  not  be  completed  as  Odisha  State Government  did  not  provide  land  due  to  security  and  other  reasons.    07  sites  in Chhattisgarh could not be made functional due to Naxal activities.

LWE-Phase-I

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State-wise Summary of the Tower locations:

| S. No.   | State          |   No. of Locations identified by MHA |   Commissioned |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------------|----------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh |                                   62 |             62 |
| 2.       | Bihar          |                                  250 |            250 |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh   |                                  532 |            525 |
| 4.       | Jharkhand      |                                  816 |            816 |
| 5.       | Maharashtra    |                                   65 |             65 |
| 6.       | Madhya Pradesh |                                   22 |             22 |
| 7.       | Odisha         |                                  261 |            256 |
| 8.       | Telangana      |                                  173 |            173 |
| 9.       | Uttar Pradesh  |                                   78 |             78 |
| 10.      | West Bengal    |                                   96 |             96 |
| Total    | Total          |                                 2355 |           2343 |

## Annexure-2

LWE-Phase-II : State-wise Summary of Proposed New Mobile Tower Locations.

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|    | State          |   Districts |   No. of Mobile Tower locations identified byMHA |
|----|----------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh |           8 |                                              429 |
| 2  | Bihar          |           8 |                                              412 |
| 3  | Chhattisgarh   |          16 |                                             1028 |
| 4  | Jharkhand      |          21 |                                             1054 |
| 5  | Madhya Pradesh |           1 |                                               26 |
| 6  | Maharashtra    |           2 |                                              136 |
| 7  | Odisha         |          18 |                                              483 |
| 8  | Telangana      |          14 |                                              118 |
| 9  | Uttar Pradesh  |           3 |                                              179 |
| 10 | West Bengal    |           5 |                                              207 |
|    | Total          |          96 |                                             4072 |

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