Lok Sabha Question No. 3147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Mobile Towers in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATION
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3147 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2025

## MOBILE TOWERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 3147.   SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION be pleased to state:

(a) the  details  regarding  the  total  number  of  mobile  towers  built,  upgraded  and  under construction during the last five years, State and district-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh and Eluru District;

(b) the  details  regarding  the  total  amount  of  funding  allocated  and  utilised  for  mobile  tower construction across the country during the last five years, State and district-wise especially, in Andhra Pradesh and Eluru District;

(c) the details regarding the percentage of connectivity via mobile towers in a State and districtwise particularly in Andhra Pradesh and in Eluru District;

(d) whether the  Government  has undertaken any initiatives to increase mobile tower construction in remote areas in Andhra Pradesh; and

(e) if so, the details of the funds disbursed and utilised along with the Central share under the schemes, State and district-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

(a) The State-wise details of the total number of mobile towers built during the last five years is placed as Annexure - I and the district-wise mobile towers built during the last five years in Andhra Pradesh is placed as Annexure - II . No record is available about mobile towers upgraded or under construction.

(b) The State/  UT-wise  details  of  funds  disbursed/  utilized  under  various  Mobile  Projects  of Digital  Bharat  Nidhi  ( DBN )  during  last  five  financial  years  (2019-20  to  2023-24)  is  placed  as Annexure - III. District-wise fund disbursement/ utilization record is not maintained.

(c) Licensed  Service  Area  (LSA)-wise  percentage  of  the  population  covered  by  the  mobile cellular network as on 31.12.2024 is placed as Annexure - IV. District-wise connectivity record is not maintained.

- (d) Mobile services in an area are provided by Telecom Service Providers ( TSPs ) based on their techno-commercial  viability.  Mobile  coverage  for  inhabited  uncovered  villages  is  provided  by Government and the TSPs in a phased manner. Government is implementing various DBN funded mobile schemes for providing 4G mobile services across the country.  Details of the mobile schemes under implementation in the Andhra Pradesh State are as under
- (e) As on 31.01.2025, total of Rs. 992.11 crore has been disbursed/ utilized under Major ongoing Mobile projects of DBN, for Andhra Pradesh. The Scheme-wise details are given as under

|   S.N. | Specific Scheme(s)                                |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 4G Saturation Scheme                              |
|      2 | 7287 uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts |
|      3 | Left Wing Extremism Phase-II                      |
|      4 | Left Wing Extremism Phase-I Upgradation           |

| S.N.   | Name of Schemes                                   |   Fund disbursed/ utilized (as on 31.01.2025) in crores |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | 4G Saturation Scheme                              |                                                  546.34 |
| 2      | 7287 uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts |                                                  211.41 |
| 3      | Left Wing Extremism Phase-II                      |                                                   84.17 |
| 4      | Left Wing Extremism Phase-I Upgradation           |                                                  150.19 |
|        | Total                                             |                                                  992.11 |

District-wise fund disbursement/ utilization record is not maintained.

## State-wise Mobile Tower details

| Sl No.   | State/UT                                |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2021 |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2022 |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2023 |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2024 |   No of Towers as on 28.02.2025 |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar (UT)                   |                             260 |                             329 |                             357 |                             401 |                             437 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                          |                           23436 |                           24880 |                           26401 |                           27960 |                           28803 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                       |                            1191 |                            1401 |                            1676 |                            2023 |                            2217 |
| 4        | Assam                                   |                           14443 |                           16502 |                           17803 |                           18793 |                           19166 |
| 5        | Bihar                                   |                           33134 |                           38509 |                           41712 |                           44497 |                           45450 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                         |                            1143 |                            1177 |                            1197 |                            1232 |                            1219 |
| 7        | Chattisgarh                             |                           12898 |                           14572 |                           15430 |                           16129 |                           17387 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu (UT) |                             410 |                             433 |                             458 |                             488 |                             521 |
| 9        | Delhi                                   |                           19639 |                           22314 |                           23923 |                           24790 |                           25358 |
| 10       | Goa                                     |                            1514 |                            1573 |                            1684 |                            1715 |                            1746 |
| 11       | Gujarat                                 |                           39758 |                           42530 |                           44317 |                           46638 |                           48980 |
| 12       | Haryana                                 |                           20545 |                           22707 |                           24521 |                           25716 |                           26501 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                        |                            7714 |                            8331 |                            8957 |                            9289 |                            9640 |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                          |                            9561 |                           10218 |                           10977 |                           11559 |                           11732 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                               |                           16747 |                           19899 |                           21237 |                           22349 |                           22909 |
| 16       | Karnataka                               |                           42278 |                           44970 |                           47818 |                           49643 |                           49917 |
| 17       | Kerala                                  |                           18836 |                           19966 |                           20863 |                           22140 |                           23701 |
| 18       | Laddakh                                 |                             389 |                             471 |                             564 |                             609 |                             657 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep (UT)                        |                              32 |                              33 |                              34 |                              37 |                              41 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                          |                           35169 |                           37285 |                           38667 |                           40804 |                           43155 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                             |                           67669 |                           75420 |                           79053 |                           83233 |                           86247 |
| 22       | Manipur                                 |                            2222 |                            2453 |                            2635 |                            2656 |                            2677 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                               |                            1784 |                            2152 |                            2324 |                            2465 |                            2508 |
| 24       | Mizoram                                 |                            1008 |                            1138 |                            1288 |                            1340 |                            1361 |
| 25       | Nagaland                                |                            1377 |                            1506 |                            1609 |                            1697 |                            1735 |
| 26       | Odisha                                  |                           21082 |                           23506 |                           25595 |                           28186 |                           29882 |
| 27       | Puducherry (UT)                         |                             672 |                             716 |                             749 |                             800 |                             814 |
| 28       | Punjab                                  |                           21006 |                           22061 |                           23370 |                           24200 |                           24475 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                               |                           35166 |                           38038 |                           40481 |                           43768 |                           44446 |
| 30       | Sikkim                                  |                             635 |                             704 |                             751 |                             760 |                             758 |
| 31       | Tamilnadu                               |                           43660 |                           45516 |                           47071 |                           49398 |                           50093 |
| 32       | Telangana                               |                           25097 |                           27272 |                           28655 |                           30122 |                           30755 |
| 33       | Tripura                                 |                            2217 |                            2438 |                            2577 |                            2663 |                            2682 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                           |                           74284 |                           84542 |                           91383 |                           97590 |                          100980 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                             |                            7930 |                            8847 |                            9387 |                            9880 |                           10437 |
| 36       | West Bengal                             |                           40908 |                           45631 |                           48543 |                           51201 |                           52831 |
|          | Grand Total                             |                          645814 |                          710040 |                          754067 |                          796771 |                          822218 |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure-II

| S.No   | AP State District Name       |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2021 |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2022 |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2023 |   No of Towers as on 31.03.2024 |   No of Towers as on 28.02.2025 |
|--------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1      | ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU        |                             250 |                             293 |                             363 |                             748 |                             867 |
| 2      | ANAKAPALLI                   |                             693 |                             745 |                             786 |                             810 |                             835 |
| 3      | ANANTHAPURAMU                |                            1389 |                            1480 |                            1586 |                            1620 |                            1641 |
| 4      | ANNAMAYYA                    |                             794 |                             882 |                             971 |                             994 |                            1024 |
| 5      | BAPATLA                      |                             685 |                             677 |                             726 |                             766 |                             789 |
| 6      | CHITTOOR                     |                             971 |                             944 |                             993 |                            1072 |                            1092 |
| 7      | DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA |                             573 |                             622 |                             653 |                             686 |                             707 |
| 8      | EAST GODAVARI                |                             774 |                             821 |                             865 |                             923 |                             958 |
| 9      | ELURU                        |                             919 |                             980 |                            1021 |                            1090 |                            1128 |
| 10     | GUNTUR                       |                            1231 |                            1145 |                            1197 |                            1267 |                            1291 |
| 11     | KAKINADA                     |                             840 |                             894 |                             957 |                            1012 |                            1055 |
| 12     | KRISHNA                      |                             770 |                             820 |                             895 |                             915 |                             932 |
| 13     | KURNOOL                      |                             965 |                            1056 |                            1155 |                            1225 |                            1245 |
| 14     | NANDYAL                      |                             722 |                             798 |                             890 |                             943 |                             978 |
| 15     | NTR                          |                            1264 |                            1290 |                            1386 |                            1379 |                            1412 |
| 16     | PALNADU                      |                             862 |                             917 |                             983 |                            1020 |                            1052 |
| 17     | PARVATHIPURAM MANYAM         |                             294 |                             316 |                             352 |                             426 |                             451 |
| 18     | PRAKASAM                     |                            1117 |                            1115 |                            1145 |                            1219 |                            1255 |
| 19     | SRI POTTI SRIRAMULU NELLORE  |                            1207 |                            1189 |                            1278 |                            1299 |                            1333 |
| 20     | SRI SATHYA SAI               |                             894 |                             995 |                            1056 |                            1089 |                            1100 |
| 21     | SRIKAKULAM                   |                             858 |                            1013 |                            1015 |                            1059 |                            1097 |
| 22     | TIRUPATI                     |                            1294 |                            1489 |                            1535 |                            1610 |                            1662 |
| 23     | VISAKHAPATNAM                |                            1397 |                            1512 |                            1596 |                            1656 |                            1693 |
| 24     | VIZIANAGARAM                 |                             791 |                             830 |                             881 |                             912 |                             938 |
| 25     | WEST GODAVARI                |                             789 |                             912 |                             871 |                             925 |                             945 |
| 26     | Y S R                        |                            1093 |                            1145 |                            1245 |                            1295 |                            1323 |
|        | Grand Total                  |                           23436 |                           24880 |                           26401 |                           27960 |                           28803 |

## Annexure-III

## The State/UT-wise details of funds disbursed / utilized under various Mobile Projects of DBN during last five financial years (2019-20 to 2023-24)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UTs                                      |   Figures in Rs. Crore |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar                                    |                     33 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                                         |                    642 |
| 3         | Assam                                                  |                    521 |
| 4         | NE-I (including Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura)           |                    403 |
| 5         | NE-II (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland) |                    820 |
| 6         | Bihar                                                  |                    222 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                                           |                    800 |
| 8         | Gujrat                                                 |                    174 |
| 9         | Haryana                                                |                      1 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                                       |                    211 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                                              |                    812 |
| 12        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Ladakh)                   |                    233 |
| 13        | Karnataka                                              |                    143 |
| 14        | Kerala                                                 |                     50 |
| 15        | Lakshadweep                                            |                     10 |
| 16        | Maharashtra                                            |                    835 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                                         |                    477 |
| 18        | Odisha                                                 |                    934 |
| 19        | Punjab                                                 |                     11 |
| 20        | Rajasthan                                              |                    366 |
| 21        | Sikkim                                                 |                     10 |
| 22        | Telangana                                              |                    153 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                                             |                     76 |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh                                          |                    144 |
| 25        | Uttarakhand                                            |                    152 |
| 26        | West Bengal                                            |                     78 |
|           | Total                                                  |                   8311 |

| Status as on 31-12-2024   | Status as on 31-12-2024   | Status as on 31-12-2024                           |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Sr.No.                    | Name of LSA               | %of population covered by mobile cellular network |
| 1                         | Andhra Pradesh            | 99.58                                             |
| 2                         | Assam                     | 98.88                                             |
| 3                         | Bihar                     | 99.82                                             |
| 4                         | Delhi                     | 100                                               |
| 5                         | Gujarat                   | 99.72                                             |
| 7                         | Haryana                   | 99.99                                             |
| 6                         | Himachal Pradesh          | 99.79                                             |
| 8                         | Jammu &Kashmir            | 99.91                                             |
| 11                        | Karnataka                 | 99.63                                             |
| 10                        | Kerala                    | 100                                               |
| 9                         | Kolkata                   | 100                                               |
| 13                        | Madhya Pradesh            | 97.53                                             |
| 12                        | Maharashtra               | 98.57                                             |
| 14                        | Mumbai                    | 100                                               |
| 15                        | North East                | 91.39                                             |
| 16                        | Odisha                    | 97.97                                             |
| 17                        | Punjab                    | 99.99                                             |
| 18                        | Rajasthan                 | 98.6                                              |
| 19                        | Tamil Nadu                | 99.96                                             |
| 20                        | UP(E)                     | 99.79                                             |
| 21                        | UP(W)                     | 99.84                                             |
| 22                        | West Bengal               | 99.99                                             |
|                           | TOTAL                     | 99.28                                             |

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## Annexure-IV