(a)the number of mobile towers sanctioned and installed in the country during the last three years, till date, State-wise;
(b)the number of mobile towers installed in Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Nawanshahar districts of Punjab during the last two years, till date;
(c)whether the installed towers have become operational;
(d)if so, the details thereof; and
(e)the time by which remaining towers are likely to become operational?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a)Sir, information about GSM mobile towers sanctioned and installed by Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in Delhi and Mumbai and by Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL) in the rest of the country during the last three years is given in the
annexure.
(b)186 mobile towers have been installed in Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Nawanshahar districts
of Punjab during the last two years till date.
(c)Yes, Sir.
(d)Details are as follows:
Name of District No.of Tower installed Hoshiarpur 92 Ropar 66 Nawanshahar 28
(e)Does not arise in view of (c) above.
Number of mobile towers planned and installed during the last 3 years
Sl.No. Circle No. of Towers No. of Towers Sanctioned installed M.T.N.L. 1. Delhi 175 169 2. Mumbai 202 181
B.S.N.L. NORTH ZONE
1. Uttar Pradesh (West) 1096 721 2. Uttar Pradesh (East) 2378 1794 3. Uttranchal 401 310 4. Punjab 1035 947 5. Rajasthan 1772 1215 6. Himachal Pradesh 393 377 7 Haryana 913 642 8. Jammu and Kashmir 522 406 Sub-Total : 8510 6412
EAST ZONE
9. Orissa 686 644 10. West Bengal 914 856 11. Kolkata 876 485 12. Bihar 639 614 13. Jharkhand 390 373 14. Andaman & Nicobar 44 40 15. North East I & II 506 334 16. Assam 556 489 Sub Total: 4610 3834
SOUTH ZONE
17. Andhra Pradesh 1147 1004 18. Karnataka 1531 1269 19. Kerala 1613 1299 20. Tamil Nadu 1574 1433 21. Chennai 608 548 Sub Total: 6474 5554
WEST ZONE
22. Chhattisgarh 271 232 23. Gujarat 1466 730 24. Madhya Pradesh 825 679 25. Maharashtra 1889 893 Sub Total: 4451 2533