(a) the number of village panchayats which provided with
telephone facility in the Chhattisgarh as on date, district
wise;
(b) the number of telephones out of the above which are in
working condition and the number of those which are out of
order;
(c) the reasons for their non-functional;
(d) the action being taken by the Government to rectify the
same; and
(e) the time by which all village panchayats in the State
are likely to be provided telephone facility alongwith the
details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) 6429 Village Panchayats in Chhattisgarh have been
provided with telecom facility as on date. District-wise
details are given in the attached annexure.
(b) 4272 telephones in Village Panchayats are in working
condition whereas 2157 telephones are out of order.
(c) Most of the faulty telephones are working on old MARR
technology which has not proved to be reliable. Difficulty
in maintenance of long overhead alignments also is one of
the reasons.
(d) Annual Maintenance Contracts are entered into with
manufacturers of MARR systems. There is also plan to
replace faulty telephones falling in the coverage area of
Wireless in Local Loop systems deployed in the circle
progressively.
(e) It is planned to provide telecom facility in all
Village Panchayats of the state by December 2002.
ANNEXURE
Number of Village Panchayats with Telephone Facilities in Chhattisgarh
S.No. District No. of Village Panchayats With Telephone Facility
1 Bastar 1177 2 Bilaspur 300 3 Champa-Janjgir 140 4 Dantawada 302 5 Dhamtari 163 6 Durg 925 7 Jashpur 387 8 Kankar 453 9 Kawardha 196 10 Korba 220 11 Korea 53 12 Mahasmund 219 13 Raigarh 641 14 Raipur 563 15 Rajnandgaon 515 16 Sarguja 175
Total 6429