(a) the number of pre-paid and post-paid telephone
connections of BSNL in Maharashtra, district-wise;
(b) the total number of applicants who have applied for new
telephone connections;
(c) the time by which the applicants in waiting list are
likely to be given telephone connections; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a) The number of pre-paid and post-paid Cellular Mobile
Telephone Connection of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
district-wise is given in Annexure.
(b) As per present policy, BSNL does not maintain waiting
list of mobile service in Maharashtra Circle.
(c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.
(d) Cellular capacity of 4.5 lakh lines is being rolled out
and capacity will be progressively available to meet demand
of the state during the current financial year.
ANNEXURE
Mobile Phones working in Maharashtra circle as on 31-07-2004
Sl. Name of No. of Pre- No. of Post- Total No. District paid paid Working Connections Connections Cellular connections
1 Ahmednagar 17340 10353 27693 2 Akola 4413 4422 8835 3 Washim 947 410 1357 4 Amravati 4235 4713 8948 5 Aurangabad 7539 12367 19906 6 Beed 4475 4556 9031 7 Bhandara 2455 1714 4169 8 Gondia 2395 1676 4071 9 Buldhana 3726 3520 7246 10 Chandrapur 5615 3665 9280 11 Dhule 3100 5428 8528 12 Nandurbar 900 866 1766 13 Gadchiroli 2695 608 3303 14 Goa(S) 13388 6159 19547 15 Goa(N) 17722 4508 22230 16 Jalgaon 4984 10305 15289 17 Jalna 4913 2168 7081 18 Kalyan 48757 9281 58038 19 Kolhapur 18100 14135 32235 20 Latur 5531 6419 11950 21 Nagpur 20795 20485 41280 22 Nanded 7550 4860 12410 23 Nasik 14007 27724 41731 24 Osmanabad 5852 2026 7878 25 Parbhani 3470 2944 6414 26 Hingoli 1290 701 1991 27 Pune 59866 90005 149871 28 Raigad 11729 3301 15030 29 Ratnagiri 8773 1849 10622 30 Sangli 6146 6365 12511 31 Satara 5387 6713 12100 32 Sindhudurg 9148 1496 10644 33 Solapur 10479 9526 20005 34 Wardha 4544 3333 7877 35 Yeotmal 5414 4190 9604
Total 347680 292791 640471