(a) whether due to shortage of electicity supply to energise the
telephone lines in exchanges, the services of BSNL are badly
affected in different parts of the country;
(b) if so, the areas where such problems are being encountered
by BSNL;
(c) whether BSNL is serious in countering such problems to
provide better facilities to its subscribers; and
(d) if so, the steps being taken to counter such problems?
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF
PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 FOR 17TH
FEBRUARY, 2006 REGARDING ENERGISING LAND LINE TELEPHONES.
(a) No, Sir. However in few states where the electric power
availability is very poor or erratic especially in rural areas,
performance of some rural exchanges gets affected.
(b) The position of power supply is especially deficient in
rural areas of some of the Telecom circles like Bihar, UP(E),
North East II comprising of Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal
Pradesh etc., adversely affecting several telephone exchanges. A
summary of such areas is given in the Annexure.
(c) & (d) Some of the measures taken by BSNL to counter the
problems caused by poor supply are as follows:-
(i) Adequate capacity power plant and battery sets are provided
in all the Telephone exchanges.
(ii) Engine alternators of sufficient capacity are provided.
(iii) Provisioning of solar power systems is being done in
some places where the power supply is almost nil.
(iv) Provisioning of good phase selector/phase balancer for small
exchanges (SBMs/RLUs/RSUs) having 3 phase power supply is
being done on experimental basis in Rajasthan.
(v) Automatic voltage regulators are being provided in rural
areas where available power supply is of low voltage and
high fluctuation.
(vi) Surge protection devices and auto cut off against low
voltage is being inducted in power plants.
ANNEXURE
SUMMARY OF THE AREAS HAVING PROBLEMS DUE TO INADEQUATE ELECTRIC
POWER SUPPLY
S. Name of Telecom Total No. of Electric power supply No. Circle telephone position in telephone exchanges exchanges Not Available Available for less than 4 Hrs per day
1. Bihar 1159 744 190 2. Jharkhand 450 35 25 3. J&K 362 37 9 4. Madhya Pradesh 2788 4 34 5. NE-II 217 5 33 6. UP (E) 2242 222 422 7 UP (W) 978 75 48