Lok Sabha Question No. 1778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Installation of BTS Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1778 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2022

## INSTALLATION OF BTS TOWERS

## 1778.   SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  approved  the  installation  of  Base  Transreceiver  Station (BTS) towers to improve communication system in various naxal infested States of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the work of installing BTS towers has not yet been started and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the time by which the new approved towers are likely to be installed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) Yes  Sir,  Government  has  decided  to  upgrade  the  2,343  existing  2G  sites  earlier commissioned by BSNL under Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Phase-I project to 4G. State wise details of no. of tower locations is enclosed as Annexure-I.

Government  is  also  implementing  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  Phase-II  project  for installation  of  2,542  Base  Transreceiver  Station  (BTS)  towers  at  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs (MHA) identified tower locations to improve communication system in 10 Naxal affected States across the country. State wise details of the locations is enclosed as Annexure -II.

- (b) The  work  for  installation  of  BTS  towers  has  started  and  37  mobile  towers  have  been commissioned till 30-06-2022.
- (c) Left  Wing Extremism (LWE) Phase-II project is likely to be completed by  the end of March, 2023.

## ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1778 for answer on 2707-2022

## State wise Details of Tower Locations under LWE Phase-I Project :

| Sl. No.   | State Name     | No. of existing sites   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh | 62                      |
| 2.        | Bihar          | 250                     |
| 3.        | Chhattisgarh   | 525                     |
| 4.        | Jharkhand      | 816                     |
| 5.        | Madhya Pradesh | 22                      |
| 6.        | Maharashtra    | 65                      |
| 7.        | Odisha         | 256                     |
| 8.        | West Bengal    | 96                      |
| 9.        | Uttar Pradesh  | 78                      |
| 10.       | Telangana      | 173                     |
| Total     | Total          | 2,343                   |

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1778 for answer on 2707-2022

## State wise Details of the No. of Tower Locations under LWE Phase-II Project .

| Sl. No.   | State Name     | No. of Tower Locations   |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh | 346                      |
| 2.        | Bihar          | 16                       |
| 3.        | Chhattisgarh   | 971                      |
| 4.        | Jharkhand      | 450                      |
| 5.        | Madhya Pradesh | 23                       |
| 6.        | Maharashtra    | 125                      |
| 7.        | Odisha         | 483                      |
| 8.        | Telangana      | 53                       |
| 9.        | Uttar Pradesh  | 42                       |
| 10.       | West Bengal    | 33                       |
| Total     | Total          | 2,542                    |

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