Lok Sabha Question No. 592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Telecom Facility in Villages of Maharashtra
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 592 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## TELECOM FACILITY IN VILLAGES OF MAHARASHTRA

## †592.   SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPAL SINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR :

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  all  the  villages  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  have  been  connected  with  telephone facility;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are many villages in the State where telephone facility is not available till date; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, district-wise and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) As per the data collected from the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and Department of  Telecommunications  (DoT)  field  units  in  2019,  it  is  estimated  that  there  are  2989  inhabited villages  (as  per  census  2011  data)  in  Maharashtra,  which  are  not  covered  by  mobile  services.  The District-wise list of uncovered villages is at Annexure. Mobile coverage in the uncovered villages in the  country  is  being  provided  by  the  Government  and  the  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs)  in  a phased  manner.  Under  Left  Wing  Extremism  affected  areas  Phase-II  project,  Government  has approved  installation of  125  mobile  towers for providing/facilitating mobile  connectivity in Maharashtra.

Annexure

## Annexure referred to in Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 592 for answer on

## 05.02.2020

## District wise list of uncovered inhabited villages in Maharashtra State

| Sr.No.   | District Name   |   Uncovered inhabited villages as per 2019 data |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Ahmadnagar      |                                              74 |
| 2.       | Akola           |                                              16 |
| 3.       | Amravati        |                                             189 |
| 4.       | Aurangabad      |                                              13 |
| 5.       | Bhandara        |                                              01 |
| 6.       | Bid             |                                              28 |
| 7.       | Buldana         |                                              22 |
| 8.       | Chandrapur      |                                             105 |
| 9.       | Dhule           |                                              22 |
| 10.      | Gadchiroli      |                                             760 |
| 11.      | Gondiya         |                                              42 |
| 12.      | Hingoli         |                                              05 |
| 13.      | Jalgaon         |                                              34 |
| 14.      | Jalna           |                                              14 |
| 15.      | Kolhapur        |                                              38 |
| 16.      | Latur           |                                              04 |
| 17.      | Nagpur          |                                              84 |
| 18.      | Nanded          |                                              37 |
| 19.      | Nandurbar       |                                             217 |
| 20.      | Nashik          |                                             208 |
| 21.      | Osmanabad       |                                              01 |
| 22.      | Parbhani        |                                              06 |
| 23.      | Pune            |                                             226 |
| 24.      | Raigarh         |                                             126 |
| 25.      | Ratnagiri       |                                             261 |
| 26.      | Sangli          |                                              17 |
| 27.      | Satara          |                                             123 |
| 28.      | Sindhudurg      |                                             126 |
| 29.      | Solapur         |                                              09 |
| 30.      | Thane           |                                              62 |
| 31.      | Wardha          |                                              19 |
| 32.      | Washim          |                                              12 |
| 33.      | Yavatmal        |                                              88 |
| Total    | Total           |                                            2989 |

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