Question : TELECOM FACILITIES



(a) the number of villages/Gram Panchayats having telephone facility in Uttar Pradesh particularly in Mainpuri District as on July 31, 2001, district-wise;

(b) the time by which the said facility is likely to be provided in villages having no such facility;

(c) the number of persons on the waiting list for telephone connections in rural areas of the State at present, district-wise;

(d) the number of telephone connections provided during the last three years and till-date in the said State;

(e) whether his Ministry has received any complaint about unsatisfactory telephone services provided to the subscribers by the Baraut Telephone Exchange n Allahabad, District;

(f) if so, the details thereof; and
(g) the action taken by the Government to clear the waiting list and provide better telephone service in the said area?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)

(a) to (g): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.