Lok Sabha Question No. 607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Mobile Network in Maoist Areas
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 607 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2022

## MOBILE NETWORK IN MAOIST AREAS

## †607.   SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  problems  of  Mobile  Network  and Internet in the maoist areas of the State of Odisha; and
- (b) the number of people likely to be benefited if the maoist areas of Odisha are provided with Internet and Mobile Networks facilities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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(a) & (b) To  improve  the  mobile  network  and  internet  connectivity,  Government  has decided  to  upgrade  the  2,343  existing  2G  sites  under  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  Phase-I project to  4G which includes 256 sites in the State of Odisha. District wise list of the no. of tower  locations  in  Odisha  State  under  LWE  Phase-I  Project  is  enclosed  as Annexure -I. The project is to be completed in 12 months.

Further,  LWE  Phase-II  project  is  also  under  implementation  for  covering  2,542  tower locations identified by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the LWE affected areas across the 10 States. Through LWE Phase-II project 483 mobile towers (4G based) are to be installed in the state of Odisha. District wise list of the no. of tower location in Odisha State under LWE PhaseII Project is enclosed as Annexure -II. The people residing within the radius of about 4 Kms of the Mobile Tower likely to be benefited with the mobile network. The project was awarded in October 2021 and is to be completed in 18 months.

Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.607 for answer on 2007-2022

## District wise Number of Tower Locations under LWE Phase-I Project:

| Sl. No.   | State   | District Name             |   No. of Tower Locations |
|-----------|---------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | Odisha  | Angul                     |                        5 |
| 2.        | Odisha  | Bargarh                   |                        4 |
| 3.        | Odisha  | Berhampur police district |                        3 |
| 4.        | Odisha  | Bolangir                  |                        3 |
| 5.        | Odisha  | Boudh                     |                        7 |
| 6.        | Odisha  | Deogarh                   |                        6 |
| 7.        | Odisha  | Dhenkanal                 |                        6 |
| 8.        | Odisha  | Gajapati                  |                        8 |
| 9.        | Odisha  | Ganjam                    |                        5 |
| 10.       | Odisha  | Jajpur                    |                       11 |
| 11.       | Odisha  | Kalahandi                 |                       12 |
| 12.       | Odisha  | Kandhamal                 |                       24 |
| 13.       | Odisha  | Keonjhar                  |                        6 |
| 14.       | Odisha  | Koraput                   |                       27 |
| 15.       | Odisha  | Malkangiri                |                       28 |
| 16.       | Odisha  | Mayurbhanj                |                        9 |
| 17.       | Odisha  | Nabarangpur               |                       10 |
| 18.       | Odisha  | Nayagarh                  |                        3 |
| 19.       | Odisha  | Nowrangpur                |                        4 |
| 20.       | Odisha  | Nuapada                   |                       20 |
| 21.       | Odisha  | Rayagada                  |                       18 |
| 22.       | Odisha  | Rourkela Police District  |                       11 |
| 23.       | Odisha  | Sambalpur                 |                       10 |
| 24.       | Odisha  | Sonepur                   |                        6 |
| 25.       | Odisha  | Sundergarh                |                       10 |
| Total     | Total   | Total                     |                      256 |

Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.607 for answer on 2007-2022

## District wise Number of Tower Locations under LWE Phase-II Project:

| Sl. No.   | State   | District Name   |   No. of Tower Locations |
|-----------|---------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | Odisha  | Baragarh        |                        2 |
| 2.        | Odisha  | Boudh           |                        2 |
| 3.        | Odisha  | Kalahandi       |                       66 |
| 4.        | Odisha  | Kandhamal       |                       96 |
| 5.        | Odisha  | Koraput         |                       85 |
| 6.        | Odisha  | Malkangiri      |                      128 |
| 7.        | Odisha  | Nabarangpur     |                       22 |
| 8.        | Odisha  | Nuapada         |                       49 |
| 9.        | Odisha  | Rayagada        |                       33 |
| Total     | Total   | Total           |                      483 |

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