Lok Sabha Question No. 1617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Mobile Towers in LWE Affected States
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1617 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## MOBILE TOWERS IN LWE AFFECTED STATES

1617. SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the Government has sanctioned the installation of 4072 mobile phone towers in 10 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States to improve connectivity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the total cost involved for  the  said  project  is  Rs.  7330 crore  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is considering to provide adequate security to these mobile tower installations and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Yes Madam. Cabinet approved the LWE Phase-II project proposal on 23-05-2018 for providing mobile connectivity at 4072 MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) identified tower locations in the left wing extremism affected areas in 96 districts of 10 states.

The state wise number of tower locations is given in Annexure-1.

- (c) The budgetary provision in the cabinet approval is Rs. 7330 crores plus  applicable taxes.
- (d) The  implementing  agency  will  be  responsible  for  the  security  &  safety  of  the  tower installations.  Ultimately  the  assets  so  created  will  rest  with  implementing  agencies.  'Police'  and 'Public Order' being State subjects, providing security to mobile towers is responsibility of the State Government concerned.

## List for Mobile Towers LWE Phase -II

| Sl. No.   | State          | State wise No.   | Sl.   | District       |   No. of Mobile Towers identified by MHA |
|-----------|----------------|------------------|-------|----------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 1.               |       | Vishakhapatnam |                                      120 |
| 2         |                | 2.               |       | East Godavari  |                                       92 |
| 3         |                | 3.               |       | Vizianagaram   |                                       67 |
| 4         |                | 4.               |       | Srikakulam     |                                       13 |
| 5         |                | 5.               |       | Guntur         |                                       39 |
| 6         |                | 6.               |       | Prakasam       |                                       66 |
| 7         |                | 7.               |       | Kurnool        |                                       24 |
| 8         |                | 8.               |       | Anantapuramu   |                                       08 |
|           |                |                  |       | Total          |                                      429 |
| 9         | Bihar          | 1.               |       | Aurangabad     |                                       57 |
| 10        |                | 2.               |       | Banka          |                                       53 |
| 11        |                | 3.               |       | Gaya           |                                       69 |
| 12        |                | 4.               |       | Jamui          |                                       23 |
| 13        |                | 5.               |       | Nawada         |                                       35 |
| 14        |                | 6.               |       | Muzaffarpur    |                                       52 |
| 15        |                | 7.               |       | Kaimur         |                                       82 |
| 16        |                | 8.               |       | Rohtas         |                                       41 |
|           |                |                  |       | Total          |                                      412 |
| 17        | Chhattisgarh   | 1.               |       | Dhamtari       |                                       43 |
| 18        |                | 2.               |       | Mahasamund     |                                       15 |
| 19        |                | 3.               |       | Gariyaband     |                                       49 |
| 20        |                | 4.               |       | Balod          |                                       14 |
| 21        |                | 5.               |       | Koriya         |                                       67 |
| 22        |                | 6.               |       | Sarguja        |                                       32 |

## Annexure-1

| 23   |           | 7.   | Balrampur      |   65 |
|------|-----------|------|----------------|------|
| 24   |           | 8.   | Jashpur        |   59 |
| 25   |           | 9.   | Bastar         |   45 |
| 26   |           | 10.  | Kondagaon      |   79 |
| 27   |           | 11.  | Bijapur        |  152 |
| 28   |           | 12.  | Dantewada      |   54 |
| 29   |           | 13.  | Sukma          |  114 |
| 30   |           | 14.  | Narayanpur     |   59 |
| 31   |           | 15.  | Kankar         |  118 |
| 32   |           | 16.  | Rajnandgaon    |   63 |
|      |           |      | Total          | 1028 |
| 33.  | Jharkhand | 1.   | Deoghar        |   23 |
| 34   |           | 2.   | Dumka          |   24 |
| 35   |           | 3.   | Pakur          |   39 |
| 36   |           | 4.   | Bokaro         |   59 |
| 37   |           | 5.   | Dhanbad        |   39 |
| 38   |           | 6.   | Garhwa         |   97 |
| 39   |           | 7.   | Latehar        |   17 |
| 40   |           | 8.   | Palamu         |   35 |
| 41   |           | 9.   | Chatra         |   38 |
| 42   |           | 10.  | Giridih        |  171 |
| 43   |           | 11.  | Hazaribagh     |   80 |
| 44   |           | 12.  | Koderma        |   70 |
| 45   |           | 13.  | Ramgarh        |   16 |
| 46   |           | 14.  | East Singhbhum |   64 |
| 47   |           | 15.  | Saraikela      |   32 |
| 48   |           | 16.  | West Singhbhum |   81 |
| 49   |           | 17.  | Gumla          |   52 |
| 50   |           | 18.  | Khunti         |   15 |

| 51   |                | 19.   | Lohardaga   |   16 |
|------|----------------|-------|-------------|------|
| 52   |                | 20.   | Ranchi      |   44 |
| 53   |                | 21.   | Simdega     |   42 |
|      |                |       | Total       | 1054 |
| 54   | Madhya Pradesh | 1.    | Balaghat    |   26 |
|      |                |       | Total       |   26 |
| 55   | Maharashtra    | 1.    | Gadchiroli  |  108 |
| 56   |                | 2.    | Gondia      |   28 |
|      |                |       | Total       |  136 |
| 57   | Odisha         | 1.    | Koraput     |   97 |
| 58   |                | 2.    | Malkangiri  |  108 |
| 59   |                | 3.    | Bolangir    |   06 |
| 60   |                | 4.    | Sundergarh  |   17 |
| 61   |                | 5.    | Sambhalpur  |   15 |
| 62   |                | 6.    | Kalahandi   |   66 |
| 63   |                | 7.    | Nabarangpur |   20 |
| 64   |                | 8.    | Gajapati    |   48 |
| 65   |                | 9.    | Deogarh     |   05 |
| 66   |                | 10.   | Kandhamal   |   38 |
| 67   |                | 11.   | Denkanal    |   05 |
| 68   |                | 12.   | Naupada     |   23 |
| 69   |                | 13.   | Jaipur      |   03 |
| 70   |                | 14.   | Ganjam      |   04 |
| 71   |                | 15.   | Nayagarh    |   03 |
| 72   |                | 16.   | Bargarh     |   02 |
| 73   |                | 17.   | Keonjhar    |   08 |
| 74   |                | 18.   | Rayagada    |   15 |
|      |                |       | Total       |  483 |
| 75   | Telangana      | 1.    | Adilabad    |   06 |

| 76   |               | 2.          | Jayashankar Bhupalpally   |   24 |
|------|---------------|-------------|---------------------------|------|
| 77   |               | 3.          | Kamareddy                 |   02 |
| 78   |               | 4.          | Komarabheem Asifabad      |   24 |
| 79   |               | 5.          | Mahabubabad               |   03 |
| 80   |               | 6.          | Ramagundam                |   06 |
| 81   |               | 7.          | Medak                     |   11 |
| 82   |               | 8.          | Nagarkurnool              |   14 |
| 83   |               | 9.          | Nalgonda                  |   02 |
| 84   |               | 10.         | Nirmal                    |   08 |
| 85   |               | 11.         | Nizamabad                 |   07 |
| 86   |               | 12.         | Sangareddy                |   04 |
| 87   |               | 13.         | Siddipet                  |   05 |
| 88   |               | 14.         | Warangal Rural            |   02 |
|      |               |             | Total                     |  118 |
| 89   | Uttar Pradesh | 1.          | Sonbhadra                 |  143 |
| 90   |               | 2.          | Chandauli                 |   19 |
| 91   |               | 3.          | Mirzapur                  |   17 |
|      |               |             | Total                     |  179 |
| 92   | West Bengal   | 1.          | Birbhum                   |   60 |
| 93   |               | 2.          | Bunkura                   |   19 |
| 94   |               | 3.          | Purulia                   |   24 |
| 95   |               | 4.          | Jhargram                  |   53 |
| 96   |               | 5.          | Paschim Medinipur         |   51 |
|      |               |             | Total                     |  207 |
|      |               | Grand Total | Grand Total               | 4072 |

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