Question : OUT OF ORDER SOLAR TELEPHONHES

(a) Whether the Government are aware that 99 percent Solar Telephone (run by solar energy) are lying out of order in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra ;

(b) if so, the reasons therefore ;

(c) the time by which these telephones are likely to be rectified ; and

(d) the investment made so far by the Government on these telephones ?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)


(a) No Sir. The percentage of faulty VPTs in Yavatmal district is 10%. The status is as follows:-

Total MARR VPTs	:	844	Faulty VPT	: 86	% of faulty VPT	: 10.18%