Lok Sabha Question No. 393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Optical Fibre Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th   DECEMBER, 2018

## OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORK

## 393. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  State-wise  and  UT-wise  details  regarding  the  Optical  Fibre  Network  (OFN) laid by different companies in the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  estimated  the  disruptions/damage  to  the  OFN caused due to digging or constructive activities by various agencies like Public Works Department (PWD), NHAI, Railways, Municipal Bodies, water works department, State electricity boards, irrigation department etc.;
- (c) if so, the details thereof State-wise and the measures taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) the details regarding the total length of OFN along with the number of stations, cities and towns that have been connected through the OFN, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) State/UT-wise details of optical fibre cables (OFC) laid along with number of  Gram  Panchayats  for  which  OFC  laid  under  the  National  Optical  Fibre  Network (NOFN), now called as BharatNet, are at Annexure. For BharatNet project, Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with the State Governments for  providing  free  Right  of  Way  (RoW)  permission  for  implementation  of  the  project. RoW permission from Public Works Department (PWD), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Railways etc. is taken on a case to case basis.

## Annexure toanswer to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 393 regarding Optical Fibre Network for answer on 12.12.2018

State/UT-wise  details  of  optical  fibre  cables  (OFC)  laid  under  the  National  Optical  Fibre  Network (NOFN)/ BharatNet and number of Gram Panchayats for which OFC has been laid

| Sr. No   | States              | upto 31- 03-2015 (in Km)   |   2015- 2016 (in Km) |   2016- 2017 (in Km) |   2017- 2018 (in Km) |   2018-2019 (upto 02.12.201 8) (in Km) |   Total OFC laid as on 02.12.2018 (in Km) |   Number of Gram Panchayats for which OFC laid (as on 02.12.2018) |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 19                         |                    0 |                    4 |                 1329 |                                   2916 |                                      4268 |                                                              1264 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                          |                   97 |                  242 |                  979 |                                    183 |                                      1501 |                                                               564 |
| 3        | Assam               | 567                        |                 1192 |                 2249 |                  335 |                                    296 |                                      4639 |                                                              1595 |
| 4        | Bihar               | 2132                       |                 4274 |                 5766 |                 1970 |                                   2045 |                                     16187 |                                                              5874 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 1549                       |                 2961 |                 1146 |                 6975 |                                    386 |                                     13017 |                                                              4092 |
| 6        | Goa                 | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                    0 |                                      0 |                                         0 |                                                                 0 |
| 7        | Gujarat             | 681                        |                 3830 |                 3758 |                 4785 |                                   1211 |                                     14265 |                                                              5875 |
| 8        | Haryana             | 1308                       |                 3494 |                 4974 |                 1463 |                                    774 |                                     12013 |                                                              6187 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh    | 0                          |                   88 |                  288 |                  283 |                                      8 |                                       667 |                                                               226 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir     | 0                          |                  136 |                  215 |                  175 |                                    139 |                                       665 |                                                               339 |
| 11       | Jharkhand           | 312                        |                 2044 |                 1511 |                 1987 |                                   1278 |                                      7132 |                                                              2526 |
| 12       | Karnataka           | 4755                       |                 5360 |                 1230 |                 1807 |                                    560 |                                     13712 |                                                              6202 |
| 13       | Kerala              | 661                        |                  149 |                   16 |                    4 |                                      0 |                                       830 |                                                              1129 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 4736                       |                 9781 |                15799 |                 7643 |                                   2417 |                                     40376 |                                                             12768 |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 1930                       |                 8678 |                13529 |                 7688 |                                   1505 |                                     33330 |                                                             15126 |
| 16       | Manipur             | 0                          |                   73 |                   13 |                  465 |                                     45 |                                       596 |                                                               338 |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 0                          |                  229 |                  139 |                  260 |                                    248 |                                       876 |                                                               323 |
| 18       | Mizoram             | 0                          |                    4 |                  279 |                  304 |                                     90 |                                       677 |                                                               118 |
| 19       | Nagaland            | 0                          |                  660 |                  507 |                  730 |                                     77 |                                      1974 |                                                               637 |
| 20       | Odisha              | 784                        |                 2817 |                 2878 |                 3373 |                                   1877 |                                     11729 |                                                              3805 |
| 21       | Punjab              | 654                        |                 3662 |                 3960 |                 3409 |                                    710 |                                     12395 |                                                              7903 |
| 22       | Rajasthan           | 2400                       |                 9148 |                 6346 |                 5865 |                                   3557 |                                     27316 |                                                              8467 |
| 23       | Sikkim              |                            |                    0 |                    0 |                   92 |                                    206 |                                       298 |                                                                36 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu          | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                    0 |                                      0 |                                         0 |                                                                 0 |
| 25       | Telangana           | 264                        |                 3087 |                  895 |                  243 |                                    880 |                                      5369 |                                                              2047 |
| 26       | Tripura             | 219                        |                  842 |                  470 |                  150 |                                      2 |                                      1683 |                                                               817 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh       | 2818                       |                15488 |                22975 |                15373 |                                   7635 |                                     64289 |                                                             29449 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand         | 331                        |                  658 |                 1592 |                  542 |                                    407 |                                      3530 |                                                              1534 |
| 29       | West Bengal         | 531                        |                 1465 |                 2175 |                 1552 |                                   1879 |                                      7602 |                                                              2248 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar   | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                    0 |                                     13 |                                        13 |                                                                13 |
| 31       | Chandigarh          | 14                         |                    5 |                    0 |                    0 |                                      0 |                                        19 |                                                                13 |
| 32       | Dadar& Nagar Haveli | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                   30 |                                     38 |                                        68 |                                                                21 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu         | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                   24 |                                      2 |                                        26 |                                                                18 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep         | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                    0 |                                      0 |                                         0 |                                                                 0 |
| 35       | NCT of Delhi        | 0                          |                    0 |                    0 |                    0 |                                      0 |                                         0 |                                                                 0 |
| 36       | Puducherry          | 67                         |                   25 |                    0 |                    0 |                                      0 |                                        92 |                                                                98 |
| Total    | Total               | 26732                      |                80247 |                92956 |                69835 |                                  31384 |                                    301154 |                                                            121652 |

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