Lok Sabha Question No. 2968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Underground Cable
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MAY, 2016

## UNDERGROUND CABLE

## †2968. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of gram panchayats connected through underground cable as on date, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the complaints received regarding laying of cables along with the action taken thereon;
- (c) the reasons for not providing telephone connections to the gram panchayats despite laying of cables; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Telecom Circle-wise number of Gram Panchayats connected through underground cable, as on date is given at Annexure.
- (b) Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  has  reported  that  no  complaint  has been received regarding laying of cables for Gram Panchayats.
- (c) As informed by BSNL, landline telephone connections are provided to Gram Panchayats, wherever underground cable have been laid and are feasible.
- (d) Does not arise in view of (c) above.

Contd…2/-

## Annexure

| Gram Panchayat connected through Underground Cable   | Gram Panchayat connected through Underground Cable    | Gram Panchayat connected through Underground Cable           |
|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No                                               | Name of the Telecom Circle                            | Number of Gram Panchayat connected through Underground Cable |
| 1                                                    | Andaman & Nicobar                                     | 52                                                           |
| 2                                                    | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana                            | 20607                                                        |
| 3                                                    | Assam                                                 | 267                                                          |
| 4                                                    | Bihar                                                 | 2495                                                         |
| 5                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                          | 372                                                          |
| 6                                                    | Gujarat                                               | 6481                                                         |
| 7                                                    | Haryana                                               | 1303                                                         |
| 8                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 1485                                                         |
| 9                                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                                       | 1481                                                         |
| 10                                                   | Jharkhand                                             | 1244                                                         |
| 11                                                   | Karnataka                                             | 3400                                                         |
| 12                                                   | Kerala                                                | 978                                                          |
| 13                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 3782                                                         |
| 14                                                   | Maharashtra                                           | 7734                                                         |
| 15                                                   | North-East-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram &Tripura)            | 858                                                          |
| 16                                                   | North-East-II (Manipur, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh) | 212                                                          |
| 17                                                   | Odisha                                                | 582                                                          |
| 18                                                   | Punjab                                                | 10405                                                        |
| 19                                                   | Rajasthan                                             | 2954                                                         |
| 20                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                            | 7746                                                         |
| 21                                                   | Uttarakhand                                           | 1688                                                         |
| 22                                                   | Uttar Pradesh-East                                    | 7913                                                         |
| 23                                                   | Uttar Pradesh -West                                   | 4674                                                         |
| 24                                                   | West Bengal & Sikkim                                  | 3168                                                         |
| 25                                                   | Kolkata Telecom District                              | 179                                                          |
| 26                                                   | Chennai Telecom District                              | 1162                                                         |

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