(a) The number of villages covered by the Village Public Telephone facility and the villages where the said facility is not available in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu particularly in backward areas, district-wise;
(b) whether there is any scheme for the expansion of telephone network in the villages of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) The number of villages covered by the Village Public Telephones Facility and where such facility is not available in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are given below. District-wise details are given as per Annexures -I & II.
S.No. State Total no.of Villages No.of vill. with VPTs No.of vill. without VPTs(b) & (c) Yes. Remaining 53 villages in Tamil Nadu are planned to be provided with telecom facility by 15th August 2000 and all the remaining 6081 villages in Andhra Pradesh are planned to be provided with telecom facility by Private Fixed Service Provider (FSP).
1. Andhra Pradesh 29460 23379 6081
2. Tamil Nadu 17900 17847 53
S.No. Name of District Total no.of Villages Uncovered Covered villages villages General Tribal Total
1 ADILABAD 1627 386 175 561 1066 2 ANANTHAPUR 1071 74 0 74 997 3 CHITTOR 1766 378 0 378 1388 4 CUDDAPAH 1041 63 0 63 978 5 EAST GODAVARI 1457 7 433 440 1017 6 GUNTUR 1019 0 0 0 1019 7 HYDERABAD 0 0 0 0 0 8 KARIM NAGAR 1215 129 0 129 1086 9 KHAMMAM 1168 0 261 261 907 10 KRISHNA 1098 33 0 33 1065 11 KURNOOL 971 20 0 20 951 12 MAHBUB NAGAR 1530 62 13 75 1455 13 MEDAK 1238 69 0 69 1169 14 NALGONDA 1221 89 0 89 1132 15 NELLORE 1269 129 0 129 1140 16 NIZAMABAD 885 156 0 156 729 17 PRAKASHAM 1222 178 0 178 1044 18 RANGA REDDY 916 2 0 2 914 19 SRIKAKULAM 1841 303 98 401 1440 20 VISHAKHAPATNAM 3227 0 2287 2287 940 21 VIZIANAGRAM 1552 91 241 332 1220 22 WARANGAL 1072 229 150 379 693 23 WEST GODAVARI 1054 0 25 25 1029
Total 29460 2398 3683 6081 23379
ANNEXURE - II
List of Villages uncovered by Telecom Facility in Tamil Nadu
S.No. Name of District Total no.of Uncovered Covered villages villages villages
1 KANCHEEPURAM 1100 0 1100 2 COIMBATORE 488 0 488 3 CUDDALORE 790 0 790 4 DHARAMAPURI 1170 15 1155 5 DINDUGUL 399 1 398 6 ERODE 531 3 528 7 KANYAKUMARI 183 0 183 8 KARUR 189 0 189 9 MADURAI 631 0 631 10 NAGAPATTINAM 338 0 338 11 NAMAKKAL 451 1 450 12 PERAMBALUR 402 0 402 13 PERIAKULAM 173 0 173 14 PUDUKOTTAI 816 0 816 15 RAMNAD 554 0 554 16 SALEM 652 0 652 17 SIVAGANGA 635 0 635 18 THANJAVUR 846 0 846 19 THE NILGIRIS 55 1 54 20 TIRUNELVELI 590 0 590 21 TIRUVALLUR 630 0 630 22 TIRUVARUR 714 0 714 23 TIRUVANNAMALAI 1125 13 1112 24 TRICHY 546 0 546 25 TUTICORIN 507 0 507 26 VELLORE 907 4 903 27 VILLUPURAM 1561 15 1546 28 VIRUDHUNAGAR 651 0 651 29 PONDICHERRY 266 0 266 TOTAL 17900 53 17847