(a) the number of telephone towers set up in Maharashtra at present, district-wise;
(b) the details of telephone towers being constructed in Jalana district of Maharashtra by the Department of Telecommunications; and
(c) the time by which these towers are likely to start functioning?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) The total number of telephone towers in Maharashtra is 587. The district wise details is enclosed in the Annexure.
(b) Three numbers of 40 meters narrow base towers are planned for construction in Jalna district in this financial year. The construction works of two towers at Warud (BK) and Sukhapuri have already been completed and that for third tower at Jalna HQ is in progress.
(c) The radio equipments on these towers are likely to start functioning by March, 2002.
ANNEXURE
DISTRICT WISE TOWER SET-UP DETAILS
Sr.No. Name of the District Total number of Towers
1 Ahmednagar 32 2 Akola 7 3 Amravati 18 4 Aurangabad 23 5 Beed 19 6 Bhandara 6 7 Buldhana 14 8 Chandhapur 21 9 Dhule 14 10 Gadchiroli 14 11 Jalgaon 21 12 Jalna 14 13 Kalyan 16 14 Kolhapur 23 15 Latur 22 16 Nagpur 13 17 Nanded 41 18 Nasik 31 19 Osmanabad 13 20 Parbhani 14 21 Pune 55 22 Raigad 11 23 Ratnagiri 17 24 Sangli 22 25 Satara 17 26 Sindhudurg 13 27 Solapur 20 28 Waroha 11 29 Yeotmal 17 30 Gondia 9 31 Nandurbar 5 32 Hingoli 6 33 Washim 8
TOTAL 587