THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a) & (b) On the basis of key performance indicators such as
fault rate, trunk efficiency and fault repair etc. in
comparison with national averages, it is seen that there is no
deterioration of services in Himachal Pradesh including the
maintenance of telecom services in far flung/remote areas of
H.P. Telecom Circle. The achievement in respect of various
performance parameters are given in the Annexure.
(c) & (d) No exchange, planned by Department of Telecom for
rural areas is pending for commissioning. However, Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to deploy Wireless in
Local Loop (WLL) technology exchanges in a big way, covering
each Short Distance Charging Area (SDCA) in the country. In
addition, the wireline rural exchanges in far flung areas are
being provided at places having a minimum demand of 150 within
5 Kms. radius of the proposed exchange site.
(e) & (f) The office of Administrator Universal Service
Obligation (USO) Fund has entered into an agreement with BSNL
for providing village public telephones in 66,822 unconnected
villages by November, 2007. This excludes villages lying in
thick forest, naxalite infested area or having less than 100
population. Out of 1,002 uncovered villages in HP, 139 have
been provided with VPTs as on 30-06-2005. The balance 863
villages will be covered by November, 2007.
Annexure
1. Achievement in respect of performance parameters of Telecom Services in All
India and Himachal Pradesh Circle during the year 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04,
2004-05 and 2005-06 (1st Quarter) in respect of performance parameters
Sl. Parameter Achievement in Achievement in Achievement in Achievement in Achievement in
No. In % 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 (1st Quarter)
All H.P All H.P. All H.P. All H.P. All H.P. India India India India India
1. Fault rate 11.6 10.90 9.90 10.10 8.4 9.90 7.60 10.10 7.10 9.61
2. Trunk 86.1 79.20 86.70 77.10 88.4 81.90 89.10 91.70 87.30 86.50 Efficiency
3. CCR Local 57.95 55.57 57.40 48.80 57.86 55.95 59.89 60.74 59.53 57.30 Junction 47.32 27.77 46.40 31.00 47.88 37.06 54.18 35.58 54.45 38.73 STD 38.30 28.94 38.30 28.70 40.57 32.93 43.70 32.38 47.39 33.80
4. Fault repair Same day 65.50 81.00 70.50 81.70 75.78 78.98 77.30 81.80 77.10 83.20 By next day 85.80 94.50 88.00 92.30 90.29 95.19 90.20 95.50 90.30 94.70 Within 7 days 97.40 99.80 97.90 99.90 98.23 99.89 98.70 99.70 97.60 99.90
5. Repeat faults 1.50 1.27 0.99 0.23 0.87 0.12 0.58 0.06 0.59 0.05
2. Fault rate, fault clearance by next day and within 7 days of Himachal Telecom Circle in Rural/Urban for the year 2004-05 and for the 1st Quarter of 2005-06.
Sl.No. Parameter 2004-05 1st quarter (2005-06)
Rural Urban Rural Urban
1. Fault rate 10.45 9.95 9.96 9.26
2. Fault clearance By next day 93.07 97.87 93.38 95.96
Within 7 days 99.42 99.91 99.73 99.98
3. Problems/constraints in provision / maintenance of Telecom. Services in far flung/remote areas of H.P. Telecom. Circle,
(i) Adverse weather condition like heavy rain fall/snow fall/and slides/storms/flash floods etc.
(ii) Lightening prone areas.
(iii) Low voltage problem in remote areas
(iv) Lack of approach roads/road blockades due to inclement weather during monsoons/winters.
(v) Due to hilly/difficult terrains, out door network is mostly overhead and actual distance to be covered for fault rectification by road/on foot is much more than the aerial distance.
