(a) the number of telephone exchanges functioning in Mahrashtra at present, district-wise;
(b) whether the Government propose to set up new telephone exchange in the State during 2001-2002;
(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith their capacity district-wise; and
(d) the time by which these exchanges are likely to be set up?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) The number of telephone exchanges functioning in Maharashtra at present, district-wise are given at Annexure - I.
(b) Yes, Sir.
(c) The details of new telephone exchanges along with their capacity proposed to be set up in the state during 2001-2002 district-wise is given in Annexure-II.
(d) All the new exchanges are likely to be commissioned by 31.03.2002.
ANNEXURE-1
Number of Telephone Exchanges functioning in Maharashtra as on 31.7.2001
Sr.No. Name of District No of Telephone Exchanges as on 31.7.2001
1 Ahmednagar 318 2 Akola 83 3 Amravati 127 4 Aurangabad 141 5 Beed 121 6 Bhandara 50 7 Gondla 54 8 Buldhana 115 9 Chandrapur 81 10 Dhule 85 11 Nandurbar 46 12 Gadchiroli 37 13 Jalgaon 211 14 Jalana 78 15 Kalyan 130 16 Kolhapur 305 17 Latur 128 18 Nagpur 127 19 Nanded 125 20 Nasik 227 21 Osmanabad 83 22 Parbhani 56 23 Hingoli 44 24 Pune 261 25 Raigad 153 26 Ratnagiri 147 27 Sangli 325 28 Satara 207 29 Sindhudurg 93 30 Solapur 221 31 Wardha 70 32 Washim 50 33 Yeotmal 95 34 Mumbai 130 35 Thane 26
ANNEXURE-II
Details of Exchanges proposed to be set up during 2001-02-District-wise
Sr.No. Name of Dist No. of proposed Equipped Capacity Telephone Exchanges
1 Ahmednagar 11 184 lines each 2 Akola 03 184 lines each 3 Amravati 06 184 lines each 4 Aurangabad 08 184 lines each 5 Beed 08 184 lines each 6 Bhandara 02 184 lines each 7 Gondla 02 184 lines each 8 Buldhana 02 184 lines each 9 Chandrapur 05 184 lines each 10 Dhule 01 184 lines each 11 Nandurbar 01 184 lines each 12 Gadchiroli 04 184 lines each 13 Jalgaon 03 184 lines each 14 Jalana 10 184 lines each 15 Kalyan 04 184 lines each 16 Kolhapur 03 184 lines each 17 Latur 10 184 lines each 18 Nagpur 06 184 lines each 19 Nanded 04 184 lines each 20 Nasik 06 184 lines each 21 Osmanabad 04 184 lines each 22 Parbhani 03 184 lines each 23 Hingoli 04 184 lines each 24 Pune 18 184 lines each 25 Raigad 07 5920 lines 26 Ratnagiri 16 184 lines each 27 Sangli 06 184 lines each 28 Satara 12 184 lines each 29 Sindhudurg 04 184 lines each 30 Solapur 11 184 lines each 31 Wardha 04 184 lines each 32 Washim 01 184 lines each 33 Yeotmal 08 184 lines each 34 Mumbai 22 171000 lines 35 Thane 03 13000 lines