(a) the number of mobile towers approved for eastern Singhbhoom and western Singhbhoom districts of Jharkhand during the last three years;
(b) the number of mobile towers out of these set up so far, place-wise;
(c) the number of mobile towers not installed so far along with the reasons therefor;
(d) whether any person/agency has been held responsible for it so far; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Government thereto?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) In order to improve telecom services in the districts of East and West Singhbhoom in the state of Jharkhand, Government, under Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) supported project for mobile communication services in Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected areas, awarded the work for installation of 15 mobile towers in eastern Singhbhoom and 122 mobile towers in western Singhbhoom to M/s Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) during the last three years.
(b) As against above, actually 21 mobile towers in Eastern Singhbhoom and 128 mobile towers in Western Singhbhoom have been set up. List of places is attached as Annexure –I.
(c) to (e) Not applicable in view of above.