Lok Sabha Question No. 4514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Underground Optical Fibre Cable
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4514 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  MARCH, 2022

## UNDERGROUND OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE

## †4514. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) connected by underground Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) as on date, district-wise;
- (b) the details of complaints received regarding laying of cable lines and the action taken thereon;
- (c) whether GPs have not been provided with telephone connections despite completion of cable laying works; and
- (d) if so, the details of such GPs along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) BharatNet project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. The District-wise number of Service Ready GPs on Optical Fibre Cable (underground/aerial) is given in Annexure-I .
- (b) The details of complaints received regarding laying of cable lines and the action taken thereon is given at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) The  infrastructure  created  under  BharatNet  project  can  be  utilized  for  provisioning  of broadband/internet services through Wi-Fi Hotspots, Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connections, leased lines, dark fibre, backhaul to mobile towers, etc.

The work of providing broadband facility (Wi-Fi hotspots and Fibre to the Home connections) in Phase-I  GPs  is  implemented  with  funding  from  Universal  Service  Obligation  Fund  (USOF).  As  on 28.02.2022, total 2,13,834 Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connections have been provided and Wi-Fi hotspots have been installed in 1,04,288 GPs.

Further, Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), the Executing Agency for BharatNet project, has signed 70 Agreements with Service Providers for providing broadband services across various States by utilizing  BharatNet Phase-I network in the country. Further, four Agreements have been signed for providing services at pan-India level.

For BharatNet Phase-II, the respective Implementing Agencies are responsible for the utilisation of the created network.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4514 for answer on 30.03.2022 District-wise number of Service Ready GPs on OFC (as on 22.03.2022)

| S. No.   | State/UT                    | District                 | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | North and Middle Andaman | 5                          |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | South Andamans           | 15                         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | Anantapur                | 27                         |
|          |                             | Chittoor                 | 1214                       |
|          |                             | Visakhapatanam           | 466                        |
|          |                             | East Siang               | 49                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | Lower Subansiri          | 13                         |
|          |                             | Papum Pare               | 12                         |
|          |                             | West Kameng              | 3                          |
|          |                             | Baksa                    | 12                         |
|          |                             | Barpeta                  | 25                         |
|          |                             | Barpeta, Baksa           | 5                          |
|          |                             | Biswanath                | 58                         |
|          |                             | Bongaigaon               | 47                         |
|          |                             | Bongaigaon, Chirang      | 12                         |
|          |                             | Cachar                   | 163                        |
|          |                             | Charaideo                | 35                         |
|          |                             | Darrang                  | 23                         |
|          |                             | Dhemaji                  | 52                         |
|          |                             | Dhubri                   | 21                         |
|          |                             | Dhubri, Kokrajhar        | 11 93                      |
|          |                             | Dibrugarh                |                            |
|          |                             | Goalpara                 | 33 63                      |
|          |                             | Golaghat                 |                            |
| 4        | Assam                       | Hailakandi               | 52                         |
|          |                             | Hojai                    | 43 72                      |
|          |                             | Jorhat                   |                            |
|          |                             | Kamrup Kamrup Metro      | 139 21                     |
|          |                             | Karimganj                | 44                         |
|          |                             | Lakhimpur                | 4                          |
|          |                             | Majuli                   | 18                         |
|          |                             | Marigaon Nagaon          | 48 128                     |
|          |                             | Nalbari Sivasagar        | 38 62                      |
|          |                             | Sonitpur                 | 67                         |
|          |                             | South Salmara Mancachar  | 10                         |
|          |                             | Tinsukia                 | 83                         |
|          |                             | Udalguri                 | 22                         |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Araria                   | 218                        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Arwal                    | 68                         |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Aurangabad               | 204                        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Banka                    | 185                        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Begusarai                | 231                        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Bhagalpur Bhojpur        | 234 227                    |
| 5        | Bihar                       | Buxar                    | 141                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT     | District                | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |              | Darbhanga               | 319                        |
|          |              | Gaya                    | 332                        |
|          |              | Gopalganj               | 234                        |
|          |              | Jamui                   | 151                        |
|          |              | Jehanabad               | 93                         |
|          |              | Kaimur (Bhabua)         | 134                        |
|          |              | Katihar                 | 233                        |
|          |              | Khagaria                | 119                        |
|          |              | Kishanganj              | 126                        |
|          |              | Lakhisarai              | 80                         |
|          |              | Madhepura               | 170                        |
|          |              | Madhubani               | 398                        |
|          |              | Munger                  | 96                         |
|          |              | Muzaffarpur             | 383                        |
|          |              | Nalanda                 | 249                        |
|          |              | Nawada                  | 186                        |
|          |              | Pashchim Champaran      | 298                        |
|          |              | Patna                   | 314                        |
|          |              | Purbi Champaran         | 406                        |
|          |              | Purnia                  | 247                        |
|          |              | Rohtas                  | 243                        |
|          |              | Saharsa Samastipur      | 147 381                    |
|          |              | Saran                   | 319                        |
|          |              | Sheikhpura              | 53                         |
|          |              | Sheohar                 | 53                         |
|          |              | Sitamarhi               | 272                        |
|          |              | Siwan                   | 293                        |
|          |              | Supaul                  | 173                        |
|          |              | Vaishali                | 290                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh   | Chandigarh              | 12                         |
|          |              | Balod                   | 387                        |
|          |              | Baloda Bazar            | 482                        |
|          |              | Balrampur               | 339                        |
|          |              | Bastar                  | 280                        |
|          |              | Bemetara                | 350                        |
|          |              | Bijapur                 | 70                         |
|          |              | Bilaspur                | 424                        |
|          |              | Dantewada               | 87                         |
|          |              | Dhamtari                | 291                        |
|          |              | Durg                    | 278                        |
|          |              | Gariyaband              | 183                        |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh | Gaurella Pendra Marwahi | 132                        |
|          |              | Janjgir-Champa          | 571                        |
|          |              | Jashpur                 | 375                        |
|          |              | Kabirdham               | 351                        |
|          |              | Kanker                  | 363                        |
|          |              | Kondagaon               | 250                        |
|          |              | Korba                   | 264                        |
|          |              | Korea                   | 192                        |
|          |              | Mahasamund              | 478                        |
|          |              | Mungeli                 | 297                        |
|          |              | Narayanpur              | 45                         |
|          |              | Raigarh                 | 600                        |
|          |              | Raipur                  | 385                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT   | District           | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
|          |            | Rajnandgaon        | 675                        |
|          |            | Sukma              | 65                         |
|          |            | Surajpur           | 345                        |
|          |            | Surguja            | 337                        |
|          |            | Ahmadabad          | 465                        |
|          |            | Amreli             | 595                        |
|          |            | Anand              | 340                        |
|          |            | Arvalli            | 317                        |
|          |            | Banas Kantha       | 872                        |
|          |            | Bharuch            | 552                        |
|          |            | Bhavnagar          | 651                        |
|          |            | Botad              | 183                        |
|          |            | Chhotaudepur       | 332                        |
|          |            | Dang               | 68                         |
|          |            | Devbhumi Dwarka    | 239                        |
|          |            | Dohad              | 537                        |
|          |            | Gandhinagar        | 302                        |
|          |            | Gir Somnath        | 328                        |
|          |            | Jamnagar           | 412                        |
|          |            | Junagadh           | 490                        |
| 8        | Gujarat    | Kachchh            | 619 518                    |
|          |            | Kheda Mahesana     | 608                        |
|          |            | Mahisagar          | 349                        |
|          |            | Morbi              | 350                        |
|          |            | Narmada            | 218                        |
|          |            | Navsari            | 369                        |
|          |            | Panch Mahals       | 485                        |
|          |            | Patan              | 472                        |
|          |            | Porbandar          | 148                        |
|          |            | Rajkot             | 591                        |
|          |            | Sabar Kantha Surat | 443 545                    |
|          |            | Surendranagar      | 540                        |
|          |            | Tapi               | 289                        |
|          |            | Vadodara           | 522                        |
|          |            | Valsad             | 368                        |
|          |            | Ambala             | 405                        |
|          |            | Bhiwani            | 297                        |
|          |            | Charki Dadri       | 163                        |
|          |            | Faridabad          | 111                        |
|          |            | Fatehabad          | 246                        |
|          |            | Gurugram           | 210                        |
|          |            | Hisar              | 305                        |
|          |            | Jhajjar            | 250                        |
|          |            | Jind               | 299                        |
| 9        | Haryana    | Kaithal            | 272                        |
|          |            | Karnal             | 372                        |
|          |            | Kurukshetra        | 382                        |
|          |            | Mahendragarh       | 342                        |
|          |            | Nuh                | 317                        |
|          |            |                    | 236                        |
|          |            | Palwal             | 122                        |
|          |            | Panchkula Panipat  | 168                        |
|          |            | Rewari             | 350                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT          | District                        | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |                   | Rohtak                          | 139                        |
|          |                   | Sirsa                           | 334                        |
|          |                   | Sonipat                         | 323                        |
|          |                   | Yamunanagar                     | 439                        |
|          |                   | Hamirpur                        | 171                        |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | Mandi                           | 25                         |
|          |                   | Solan                           | 55                         |
|          |                   | Anantnag                        | 33                         |
|          |                   | Bandipora                       | 28                         |
|          |                   | Baramulla                       | 38                         |
|          |                   | Budgam                          | 25                         |
| 11       | Jammu and Kashmir | Ganderbal                       | 20                         |
|          |                   | Jammu                           | 141                        |
|          |                   | Kathua                          | 71                         |
|          |                   | Samba                           | 52                         |
|          |                   | Srinagar                        | 4                          |
|          |                   | Bokaro                          | 246                        |
|          |                   | Chatra                          | 152                        |
|          |                   | Deoghar                         | 187                        |
|          |                   | Dhanbad                         | 200                        |
|          |                   | Dumka East Singhbum             | 206 215                    |
|          |                   | Garhwa                          | 188                        |
|          |                   | Giridih                         | 355                        |
|          |                   | Godda                           | 200                        |
|          |                   |                                 | 159                        |
|          |                   | Gumla Hazaribagh                | 252                        |
|          |                   | Jamtara                         | 118                        |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | Khunti                          | 86                         |
|          |                   | Koderma                         | 106                        |
|          |                   | Latehar                         | 102                        |
|          |                   | Lohardaga                       | 61                         |
|          |                   | Pakur                           | 128                        |
|          |                   | Palamu                          | 277                        |
|          |                   | Ramgarh                         | 142                        |
|          |                   | Ranchi                          | 300                        |
|          |                   | Sahebganj Saraikela Kharsawan   | 161 132                    |
|          |                   | Simdega                         |                            |
|          |                   | West Singhbhum                  | 94                         |
|          |                   | Bagalkote                       | 209 201                    |
|          |                   | Ballari                         | 243                        |
|          |                   | Belagavi                        | 519                        |
|          |                   | Bengaluru Rural Bengaluru Urban | 105                        |
|          |                   | Bidar                           | 101                        |
|          |                   | Chamarajanagara                 | 131                        |
|          |                   |                                 | 186                        |
| 13       | Karnataka         | Chikkaballapura                 | 157                        |
|          |                   | Chikkamagaluru Chitradurga      | 227                        |
|          |                   | Dakshina Kannada                | 190 232                    |
|          |                   |                                 | 196                        |
|          |                   | Davangere                       | 144                        |
|          |                   | Dharwad                         |                            |
|          |                   | Gadag                           | 121                        |
|          |                   | Hassan                          | 267                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT       | District            | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|----------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|          |                | Haveri              | 225                        |
|          |                | Kalaburagi          | 263                        |
|          |                | Kodagu              | 104                        |
|          |                | Kolar               | 156                        |
|          |                | Koppal              | 158                        |
|          |                | Mandya              | 234                        |
|          |                | Mysuru              | 268                        |
|          |                | Raichur             | 185                        |
|          |                | Ramanagara          | 128                        |
|          |                | Shivamogga          | 272                        |
|          |                | Tumakuru            | 331                        |
|          |                | Udupi               | 161                        |
|          |                | Uttara Kannada      | 232                        |
|          |                | Vijayapura          | 220                        |
|          |                | Yadgir              | 126                        |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Alappuzha           | 73                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Ernakulam           | 84                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Idukki              | 52                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Kannur              | 81                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Kasaragod           | 38                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Kollam              | 70                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Kottayam            | 73                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Kozhikode           | 75                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Malappuram Palakkad | 100                        |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Pathanamthitta      | 91 54                      |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram  | 73                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Thrissur            | 88                         |
| 14 15    | Kerala         | Wayanad             | 25                         |
|          | Madhya Pradesh | Agar Malwa          | 227                        |
|          |                | Alirajpur           | 288                        |
|          |                | Anuppur             | 282                        |
|          |                | Ashoknagar          | 334                        |
|          |                | Balaghat            | 688                        |
|          |                | Betul               | 556                        |
|          |                | Bhind               | 42                         |
|          |                |                     | 193                        |
|          |                | Bhopal Burhanpur    | 166                        |
|          |                | Chhatarpur          | 228                        |
|          |                | Chhindwara          | 765                        |
|          |                | Damoh               | 380                        |
|          |                | Datia               | 279                        |
|          |                | Dewas               | 495                        |
|          |                |                     | 384                        |
|          |                | Dhar Dindori        | 362                        |
|          |                | East Nimar          | 418                        |
|          |                | Guna                | 425                        |
|          |                | Gwalior             | 262                        |
|          |                | Harda               | 207                        |
|          |                | Hoshangabad         | 418                        |
|          |                | Indore              | 315                        |
|          |                | Jabalpur            | 518                        |
|          |                | Jhabua              | 375                        |
|          |                | Katni               | 115                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT    | District            | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|-------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|          |             | Khargone            | 308                        |
|          |             | Mandla              | 420                        |
|          |             | Mandsaur            | 438                        |
|          |             | Morena              | 120                        |
|          |             | Narsinghpur         | 440                        |
|          |             | Neemuch             | 236                        |
|          |             | Niwari              | 136                        |
|          |             | Panna               | 386                        |
|          |             | Raisen              | 485                        |
|          |             | Rajgarh             | 415                        |
|          |             | Ratlam              | 419                        |
|          |             | Rewa                | 354                        |
|          |             | Sagar               | 342                        |
|          |             | Satna               | 626                        |
|          |             | Sehore              | 498                        |
|          |             | Seoni               | 639                        |
|          |             | Shahdol             | 77                         |
|          |             | Shajapur            | 327                        |
|          |             | Sheopur             | 221                        |
|          |             | Shivpuri            | 215                        |
|          |             | Sidhi               | 151                        |
|          |             | Singrauli Tikamgarh | 206 323                    |
|          |             | Ujjain              | 253                        |
|          |             |                     | 209                        |
|          |             | Umaria              |                            |
|          |             | Vidisha             | 248                        |
| 16       | Maharashtra | Ahmednagar          | 671                        |
|          |             | Akola               | 473                        |
|          |             | Amravati            | 836                        |
|          |             | Aurangabad          | 578                        |
|          |             | Beed Bhandara       | 1013 535                   |
|          |             | Buldhana            | 601                        |
|          |             | Chandrapur          | 817                        |
|          |             | Dhule               | 539                        |
|          |             | Gadchiroli          | 240                        |
|          |             | Gondia              | 553                        |
|          |             | Hingoli             | 499                        |
|          |             | Jalgaon             | 1046                       |
|          |             | Jalna               | 780                        |
|          |             | Kolhapur            | 742                        |
|          |             | Latur               | 714                        |
|          |             | Nagpur              | 761                        |
|          |             | Nanded              | 988                        |
|          |             | Nandurbar           | 587                        |
|          |             | Nashik              | 866                        |
|          |             | Osmanabad           | 621                        |
|          |             | Palghar             | 381                        |
|          |             | Parbhani            | 450                        |
|          |             | Pune                | 993                        |
|          |             | Raigad              | 791                        |
|          |             | Ratnagiri           | 461                        |
|          |             | Sangli              | 601                        |
|          |             | Satara              | 768                        |
|          |             | Sindhudurg          | 376                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT   | District              | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|          |            | Solapur               | 616                        |
|          |            | Thane                 | 4                          |
|          |            | Wardha                | 507                        |
|          |            | Washim                | 479                        |
|          |            | Yavatmal              | 1103                       |
| 17       | Manipur    | Bishnupur             | 24                         |
| 17       | Manipur    | Imphal East           | 48                         |
| 17       | Manipur    | Imphal West           | 35                         |
| 17       | Manipur    | Kakching              | 17                         |
| 17       | Manipur    | Kangpokpi             | 153                        |
| 17       | Manipur    | Kangpokpi*            | 13                         |
| 17       | Manipur    | Thoubal               | 25                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya  | East Jaintia Hills    | 21                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya  | East Khasi Hills      | 58                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya  | West Jaintia Hills    | 42                         |
| 19       | Mizoram    | Kolasib               | 1                          |
| 19       | Mizoram    | Lunglei               | 11                         |
| 19       | Mizoram    | Serchhip              | 22                         |
| 20       | Nagaland   | Blank                 | 3                          |
| 20       | Nagaland   | Dimapur Kohima        | 54 20                      |
| 20       | Nagaland   | Mokokchung            | 5                          |
| 20       | Nagaland   | Peren                 | 9                          |
| 20       | Nagaland   | Phek                  | 10                         |
| 20       | Nagaland   | Zunheboto             | 15                         |
| 21       |            | Anugul                | 219                        |
|          |            | Balangir              | 317                        |
|          |            | Balangir, Mayurbhanj  | 1                          |
|          |            | Baleshwar             | 358                        |
|          |            | Baleshwar, Dhenkanal  | 1                          |
|          |            | Bargarh               | 244                        |
|          |            | Bhadrak               | 212 68                     |
|          |            | Boudh                 |                            |
|          |            | Cuttack Deogarh       | 362 70                     |
|          |            | Dhenkanal             | 207                        |
|          |            | Gajapati              | 141                        |
|          |            | Ganjam                | 500                        |
|          |            | Jagatsinghapur        | 198                        |
|          | Odisha     | Jajapur               | 307                        |
|          |            | Jharsuguda            | 78                         |
|          |            | Kalahandi Kandhamal   | 299 141                    |
|          |            | Kendrapara            | 245                        |
|          |            | Kendujhar             | 292                        |
|          |            | Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj | 1                          |
|          |            | Khordha               | 182                        |
|          |            | Koraput               | 228                        |
|          |            | Malkangiri            | 102                        |
|          |            | Mayurbhanj            | 390                        |
|          |            | Nabarangpur           | 187                        |
|          |            |                       | 185                        |
|          |            | Nayagarh              |                            |
|          |            | Nuapada Puri          | 131 265                    |
|          |            | Rayagada              | 169                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT   | District                  | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |            | Sambalpur                 | 118                        |
|          |            | Sonepur                   | 109                        |
|          |            | Sundargarh                | 279                        |
| 22       | Puducherry | Karaikal                  | 27                         |
|          |            | Pondicherry               | 71                         |
|          |            | Amritsar                  | 845                        |
|          |            | Barnala                   | 152                        |
|          |            | Bathinda                  | 295                        |
|          |            | Faridkot                  | 190                        |
|          |            | Fatehgarh Sahib           | 430                        |
|          |            | Fazilka                   | 375                        |
|          |            | Firozepur                 | 743                        |
|          |            | Gurdaspur                 | 1276                       |
|          |            | Hoshiarpur                | 1381                       |
|          |            | Jalandhar                 | 892                        |
| 23       |            | Kapurthala                | 523                        |
|          | Punjab     | Ludhiana                  | 881                        |
|          |            | Mansa                     | 241                        |
|          |            | Moga                      | 325                        |
|          |            | Pathankot                 | 399                        |
|          |            | Patiala Rupnagar          | 971 575                    |
|          |            | S.A.S Nagar               | 335                        |
|          |            | Sangrur                   | 577                        |
|          |            | Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar | 455                        |
|          |            | Sri Muktsar Sahib         | 261                        |
|          |            | Tarn Taran                | 542                        |
|          |            | Ajmer                     | 282                        |
|          |            | Alwar                     | 481                        |
|          |            | Banswara                  | 115                        |
|          |            | Baran                     | 186                        |
|          |            | Barmer                    | 240                        |
|          |            | Bharatpur                 | 374                        |
|          |            | Bhilwara                  | 384                        |
|          |            | Bikaner                   | 290                        |
|          |            | Bundi                     | 179                        |
|          |            | Chittorgarh               | 265                        |
|          |            | Churu                     | 253                        |
|          |            | Dausa                     | 231                        |
|          |            | Dholpur                   | 94                         |
|          |            | Dungarpur                 | 121                        |
| 24       | Rajasthan  | Ganganagar                | 242                        |
|          |            | Hanumangarh               | 251                        |
|          |            | Jaipur                    | 532                        |
|          |            | Jaisalmer                 | 86                         |
|          |            | Jalore                    | 274                        |
|          |            | Jhalawar                  | 252                        |
|          |            | Jhunjhunu                 | 301                        |
|          |            | Jodhpur                   | 431                        |
|          |            | Karauli                   | 222                        |
|          |            | Kota                      | 156                        |
|          |            | Nagaur                    | 466                        |
|          |            | Pali                      | 317                        |
|          |            | Pratapgarh                | 109                        |
|          |            | Rajsamand                 | 207                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT            | District                        | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |                     | Sawai Madhopur                  | 200                        |
|          |                     | Sikar                           | 343                        |
|          |                     | Sirohi                          | 162                        |
|          |                     | Tonk                            | 230                        |
|          |                     | Udaipur                         | 464                        |
|          |                     | East District                   | 2                          |
| 25       | Sikkim              | North District                  | 2                          |
|          |                     | South District                  | 6                          |
|          |                     | West District                   | 8                          |
|          |                     | Adilabad                        | 224                        |
|          |                     | Bhadradri Kothagudem            | 176                        |
|          |                     | Jagitial                        | 195                        |
|          |                     | Jangoan                         | 198                        |
|          |                     | Jayashankar Bhupalapally        | 139                        |
|          |                     | Jogulamba Gadwal                | 95                         |
|          |                     | Kamareddy                       | 307                        |
|          |                     | Karimnagar                      | 176                        |
|          |                     | Khammam                         | 399                        |
|          |                     | Kumuram Bheem Asifabad          | 150                        |
|          |                     | Mahabubabad                     | 217                        |
|          |                     | Mahabubnagar                    | 288                        |
|          |                     | Mancherial                      | 143 212                    |
|          |                     | Medak                           | 61                         |
|          |                     | Medchal Malkajgiri Mulugu       | 85                         |
| 26       | Telangana           |                                 | 241                        |
|          |                     | Nagarkurnool                    |                            |
|          |                     | Nalgonda                        | 425                        |
|          |                     | Narayanpet                      | 166                        |
|          |                     | Nirmal                          | 183                        |
|          |                     | Nizamabad                       | 388                        |
|          |                     | Peddapalli Rajanna Sircilla     | 193 158                    |
|          |                     | Ranga Reddy                     | 382                        |
|          |                     | Ranga Reddy, Medchal Malkajgiri | 1                          |
|          |                     | Sangareddy                      | 261                        |
|          |                     | Siddipet                        | 257                        |
|          |                     | Suryapet                        | 235                        |
|          |                     | Vikarabad                       | 329                        |
|          |                     | Wanaparthy                      | 118                        |
|          |                     | Warangal Rural                  | 313                        |
|          |                     | Warangal Urban                  | 108                        |
|          |                     | Yadadri Bhuvanagiri             | 270                        |
|          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | Dadra and Nagar Haveli          | 20                         |
| 27       | and Daman& Diu      | Daman                           | 14                         |
|          |                     | Diu                             | 4                          |
|          |                     | Dhalai                          | 85                         |
|          |                     | Gomati                          | 113                        |
|          |                     | Khowai                          | 68                         |
|          |                     | North Tripura                   | 27                         |
| 28       | Tripura             | North Tripura, Unakoti          | 1                          |
|          |                     | Sepahijala                      | 101                        |
|          |                     | South Tripura                   | 34                         |
|          |                     | Unakoti West Tripura            | 77 74                      |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh       | Ambedkar Nagar                  | 691                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT   | District          | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
|          |            | Amethi            | 327                        |
|          |            | Ayodhya           | 705                        |
|          |            | Azamgarh          | 587                        |
|          |            | Bahraich          | 333                        |
|          |            | Ballia            | 409                        |
|          |            | Balrampur         | 152                        |
|          |            | Banda             | 438                        |
|          |            | Barabanki         | 949                        |
|          |            | Basti             | 889                        |
|          |            | Bhadohi           | 548                        |
|          |            | Chandauli         | 719                        |
|          |            | Chitrakoot        | 297                        |
|          |            | Deoria            | 752                        |
|          |            | Farrukhabad       | 390                        |
|          |            | Fatehpur          | 373                        |
|          |            | Ghazipur          | 1045                       |
|          |            | Gonda             | 261                        |
|          |            | Gorakhpur         | 897                        |
|          |            | Hamirpur          | 305                        |
|          |            | Hardoi            | 703                        |
|          |            | Jalaun Jaunpur    | 563 893                    |
|          |            | Jhansi            | 354                        |
|          |            | Kannauj           | 79                         |
|          |            | Kanpur Dehat      | 335                        |
|          |            | Kanpur Nagar      | 495                        |
|          |            | Kaushambi         | 364                        |
|          |            | Kheri             | 887                        |
|          |            | Kushi Nagar       | 316                        |
|          |            | Lalitpur          | 235                        |
|          |            | Lucknow           | 495                        |
|          |            | Maharajganj       | 404                        |
|          |            | Mahoba            | 246                        |
|          |            | Mau               | 596                        |
|          |            | Mirzapur          | 288                        |
|          |            | Pratapgarh        | 894                        |
|          |            | Prayagraj         | 1204 738                   |
|          |            | Rae Bareli        |                            |
|          |            | Sant Kabeer Nagar | 509                        |
|          |            | Shahjahanpur      | 658                        |
|          |            | Shravasti         | 139                        |
|          |            | Siddharth Nagar   | 601                        |
|          |            | Sitapur           | 836                        |
|          |            | Sonbhadra         | 48                         |
|          |            | Sultanpur         | 735                        |
|          |            | Unnao             | 688                        |
|          |            | Varanasi          | 752                        |
|          |            | Agra              | 336 567                    |
|          |            | Aligarh           |                            |
|          |            | Auraiya           | 193                        |
|          |            | Baghpat Bareilly  | 196 615                    |
|          |            | Bijnor            | 739                        |
|          |            | Budaun            | 620                        |

| S. No.   | State/UT    | District            | No. of GPs Service Ready   |
|----------|-------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|          |             | Bulandshahr         | 856                        |
|          |             | Etah                | 398                        |
|          |             | Etawah              | 382                        |
|          |             | Firozabad           | 350                        |
|          |             | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 241                        |
|          |             | Ghaziabad           | 152                        |
|          |             | Hapur               | 243                        |
|          |             | Hathras             | 327                        |
|          |             | Kasganj             | 226                        |
|          |             | Mainpuri            | 342                        |
|          |             | Mathura             | 473                        |
|          |             | Meerut              | 258                        |
|          |             | Moradabad           | 450                        |
|          |             | Muzaffarnagar       | 421                        |
|          |             | Pilibhit            | 352                        |
|          |             | Rampur              | 458                        |
|          |             | Saharanpur          | 448                        |
|          |             | Sambhal             | 356                        |
|          |             | Shamli              | 74                         |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Almora              | 194                        |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Bageshwar           | 175                        |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Champawat           | 65                         |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Dehradun            | 193                        |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Haridwar            | 313                        |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Nainital            | 166                        |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Pauri Garhwal       | 83                         |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Tehri Garhwal       | 43                         |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Udam Singh Nagar    | 251                        |
| 30       | Uttarakhand | Uttarkashi          | 30                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | 24 Paraganas North  | 123                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | 24 Paraganas South  | 102                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Alipurduar          | 64                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Bankura             | 182 124                    |
| 31       | West Bengal | Birbhum Coochbehar  | 109                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Darjeeling          | 22                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Dinajpur Dakshin    | 35                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Dinajpur Uttar      | 56                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Hooghly             | 93                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Howrah              | 108                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Jalpaiguri          | 56                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Jhargram            | 79                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Maldah              | 109                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Medinipur east      | 220                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Medinipur west      | 167                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Murshidabad         | 249                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Nadia               | 173                        |
| 31       | West Bengal | Paschim Bardhaman   | 40                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Purba Bardhaman     | 78                         |
| 31       | West Bengal | Purulia             | 155                        |
|          | Grand total |                     | 168852                     |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4514 for answer on 30.03.2022 Details of complaints received regarding laying of cable lines and the action taken thereon:

|   S. No | Details of the Complaint                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Action taken                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | a) CBI case No: RCSHG2016A0007 dated 03.11.2016 regarding irregularities in execution of OFC laying work in Khliehriat Block of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya awarded by RailTel b) CBI case No: RC02020 17A0002 dated 16.06.2017 regarding irregularities in 62 GPs /Villages of Manphalang Block, East Kasi Hills, Meghalaya awarded by RailTel. (As per the information received from Bharat Broadband Network Limited) | CBI has intimated that vide their letter dated 17.02.2020 that investigation in both cases have been completed and charge sheets were filed in Hon'ble Court of Ld. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shillong on 28.12.2017 and 26.06.2018 respectively. |
|       2 | Non-availability of cable in Daspur, Bariyapur, Raja Pakad Block, Dist. Hazipur, Bihar.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | A three member committee was constituted by the Vigilance Wing to look into the complaint. The committee visited the site and has submitted its report.                                                                                            |
|       3 | Improper cable laying in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, along with few other issues.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Investigation in the matter was completed by Vigilance Wing of DoT and instructions have been issued as per the recommendations.                                                                                                                   |

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