(a) the number of villages under Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh which have been provided telephone facilities during the last three years;
(b) the number of telephone lying out of order as on date; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to make them functional?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR )
(a) 370 villages under Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh have been provided telephone facilities during the last three years;
(b) 140 telephones are lying out of order as on date.
(c) The following steps have been taken to made them functional:
i) Annual Maintenance Contract has been entered into with the supplier of the equipment; ii) Flying squad has been constituted for fault repair; and iii) Monitoring has been stepped up.