MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
(SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) to (g): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) to (g) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2643 FOR 13TH MARCH, 2000, REGARDING TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS IN GUJARAT
(a) The information is given below
Sl.No. Area Waiting list as on 29-02 -2000
1. Gujarat State 259471
2. Vadodara district 18989
3. Bhavnagar district 14620
4. Ahmedabad district 41353
(b) The information is given in Annexure.
(c) It was envisaged in 9th Plan objectives as well as New Telecom Policy 1999 to make available telephone on demand by end of 9th plan with private sector supplementing the effort of Government. As there has been delay in provision of telephones by private sector due to various reasons, the target of provision of new telephone connections by the Govt. is being increased every year in order to meet the demand of telephones in the country as well as we may be in a position to meet the objectives of making available telephone on demand through out the country by end of 9th Plan.
(d) to(f) All the exchanges in Gujarat Telecom. Circle including Baroda district are electronic and
working satisfactorily. However, in the exchanges having openwire media, problem about STD connectivity are observed. There is a proposal to provide reliable transmission media in a phased manner to all exchanges working on overhead media.
(g) The amount spent for setting up telephone exchanges in Gujarat Telecom Circle is given below:-
Year Amount spent for Telephone Exchanges (In crores of Rs)
1996-97 Rs. 416.88 1997-98 Rs. 515.32 1998-99 Rs. 512.37
ANNEXURE
NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS PROVIDED DURING LAST THREE YEARS
AND UPTO 29-2-2000.
SlNo. Name of the Telecom Revenue Districts covered. New telephone connections 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Didistrict. up to 29.2.2000 providing during 1996-97
1 Ahemdabad Ahemdabad Gandhinagar 32216 39200 36627 62326
2 Amreli Amreli 2791 5167 7289 8108
3 Bharuch Bharuch and Narmada 9320 9439 10006 9062
4 Bhavnagar Bhavnagar 3674 14512 11059 7252
5 Bhuj Kutchh 7679 11755 12630 3275
6 Godhara Panch mahal Dahod 4725 4650 4502 4077
7 Jamnagar Jamnagar 4507 3664 9807 7775
8 Junagadh Junagadh Porbandar 8444 9557 15632 18331
9 Mehsana Mehsana Patan 10534 12270 15852 14962
10 Nadiad Kheda Anand 8215 11095 14011 11247
11 Palanpur Banaskantha 3863 6640 9160 8361
12 Rajkot Rajkot 15006 18337 26868 20509
13 Surat Surat 21467 23111 26463 26598
14 Surendranagar SurendraNagar 4116 4728 5809 5154
15 Himatnagar Savarkantha 3406 4966 6301 11177
16 Vadodara Vadodara 15087 16874 24853 20616
17 Valsad Valsad Navsari Dang 6837 11869 15664 13185
