Question : TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS



(a) the number of persons on the waiting list for telephone connections in each district of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan at present separately;

(b) the number of telephone connections provided during the last three years and till date, district-wise; and

(c) the time by which the waiting list is likely to be cleared?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)

(a) The district wise waiting list as on 31.07.2001 for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan is placed at Annexure-I.

(b) The number of telephone connections provided during last three years and till date for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are placed at Annexure-II-A and II-B respectively.

(c) The waiting list as on 31.07.2001 is likely to be cleared by the month given below:

Madhya Pradesh	March 2002	Rajasthan	March 2002

ANNEXURE -I DISTRICT WISE WAITING LIST FOR MADHYA PRADESH AND RAJASTHAN AS ON 31.7.2001. MADHYA PRADESH RAJASTHAN
Sl Name of Waiting Sl Name of Waiting No. District List No. District List
1 Balaghat 76 1 Ajmer 7717 2 Barwani 257 2 Alwar 11012 3 Betul 1919 3 Banswara 1483 4 Bhind 1474 4 Baran 2463 5 Bhopal 1039 5 Barmer 5686 6 Chhatarpur 618 6 Bharatpur 7613 7 Chhindwara 191 7 Bhilwara 1641 8 Damoh 209 8 Bikaner 4350 9 Datia 71 9 Bundi 2684 10 Dewas 365 10 Chittorgarh 945 11 Dhar 148 11 Churu 5735 12 Dindori 79 12 Dausa 5028 13 Guna 154 13 Dholpur 573 14 Gwalior 829 14 Dungarpur 9644 15 Harda 755 15 Hanumangarh 3393 16 Hoshangabad 1020 16 Jaipur 1486 17 Indore 1926 17 Jaisalmer 12585 18 Jabalpur 4921 18 Jalore 7237 19 Jhabua 60 19 Jhalawara 1867 20 Katni 1449 20 Jhunjhnu 1179 21 Khandwa 1064 21 Jodhpur 8039 22 Khargone 494 22 Karauli 10277 23 Mandla 527 23 Kota 1055 24 Mandsaur 1820 24 Nagaur 1558 25 Morena 361 25 Pali 15049 26 Narsinghpur 788 26 Rajsamand 3070 27 Neemuch 778 27 Sawaimadhopur 3704 28 Panna 177 28 Sikar 5255 29 Raisen 186 29 Sirohi 4617 30 Rajgarh 551 30 Srigaganagar 1631 31 Ratlam 916 31 Tonk 7608 32 Rewa 523 32 Udaipur 3807 33 Sagar 1176 TOTAL 159991 34 Satna 227 35 Sehore 362 36 Seoni 125 37 Shahdol 652 38 Shajapur 353 39 Sheopurkala 75 40 Shivpuri 215 41 Sidhi 1387 42 Tikamgarh 569 43 Ujjain 1243 44 Umaria 125 45 Vidisha 414 TOTAL 32668

ANNEXURE -II A
MADHYA PRADESH TELECOM CIRCLE
DISTRICT WISE STATUS OF TELEPHONE CONNECTION GIVEN IN LAST THREE YEARS AND TILL 31.7.2001
Sl. No. Disrict 98-99 99-2000 2000-01 1.4.2001 to 31.7.2001
1 Balaghat 1222 2109 1929 354 2 Barwani With Khargone 682 1399 244 3 Betul 2111 2372 3243 892 4 Bhind 292 1815 2498 215 5 Bhopal 18423 13487 11609 165 6 Chhatarpur 1000 2905 3703 604 7 Chhindwara 2314 3064 5022 1129 8 Damoh 468 1810 2049 593 9 Datia 708 1235 1564 298 10 Dewas 2441 2745 4175 380 11 Dhar 2294 2317 3652 886 12 Dindori with Mandla 329 305 82 13 Guna 1522 2800 2045 693 14 Gwalior 9955 8454 6464 277 15 Harda with Hoshangabad1735 852 209 16 Hoshangabad 3002 1840 3978 458 17 Indore 13867 12033 9558 -4002 18 Jabalpur 5400 4038 9096 1268 19 Jhabua 803 1628 2184 451 20 Katni with Jabalpur 1650 1000 87 21 Khandwa 3038 2015 3625 348 22 Khargone 3304 2023 1906 276 23 Mandla 495 231 796 204 24 Mandsaur 4011 4489 2932 511 25 Morena 1318 2930 2597 448 26 Narsinghpur 1510 1500 2451 574 27 Neemuch with Mandsaur 515 2554 681 28 Panna 401 855 746 65 29 Raisen 368 1243 788 222 30 Rajgarh 974 1212 2076 534 31 Ratlam 3124 4002 4710 1002 32 Rewa 2955 2543 916 825 33 Sagar 2502 1870 3039 95 34 Satna 3143 2594 3179 499 35 Sehore 2003 2788 1772 119 36 Seoni 1080 1407 1920 859 37 Shahdol 3210 2484 3140 965 38 Shajapur 1415 1050 1590 165 39 Sheopurkala with Morena 1179 715 81 40 Shivpuri 3242 2218 1569 -369 41 Sidhi 1214 1066 1914 244 42 Tikamgarh 538 1191 2943 418 43 Ujjain 4859 4462 7848 2134 44 Umaria with Shahdol 528 468 175 45 Vidisha 2076 2418 2325 616 TOTAL 112602 117861 134844 16974

ANNEXURE -II B
RAJASTHAN TELECOM CIRCLE
DISTRICT WISE STATUS OF TELEPHONE CONNECTION GIVEN IN LAST THREE YEARS AND TILL 31.7.2001

Sl No. Disrict 98-99 99-2000 2000-01 1.4.2001 to 31.7.2001
1 Ajmer 14206 8525 15092 1825 2 Alwar 8666 9604 10589 1682 3 Banswara 1844 2396 3066 572 4 Baran 1658 1318 2959 652 5 Barmer 2179 4000 4562 602 6 Bharatpur 3716 3938 8920 1548 7 Bhilwara 8750 5515 7342 857 8 Bikaner 6483 6000 7258 1410 9 Bundi 1505 2275 2591 310 10 Chittorgarh 3525 4703 5025 1399 11 Churu 4637 5500 8100 1145 12 Dausa 1876 2669 2423 179 13 Dholpur 800 665 2181 734 14 Dungarpur 1293 1950 2455 847 15 Hanumangarh 3297 6600 8553 902 16 Jaipur 28354 25348 24459 3298 17 Jaisalmer 830 1300 1572 489 18 Jalore 3078 4940 5142 767 19 Jhalawara 1739 1321 2755 51 20 Jhunjhnu 5202 6501 6550 744 21 Jodhpur 12636 15022 13001 2441 22 Karauli 2114 2395 1099 252 23 Kota 9896 8286 7563 1002 24 Nagaur 3690 8000 11123 2388 25 Pali 9367 7083 11001 2045 26 Rajsamand 4018 3330 2875 763 27 Sawaimadhopur 2128 3098 2609 817 28 Sikar 4926 6505 8508 489 29 Sirohi 3995 3570 3867 506 30 Srigaganagar 8603 9916 10408 876 31 Tonk 1931 2451 2600 209 32 Udaipur 4503 7671 10638 2056 TOTAL 171445 182395 216886 33857