(a) the number of telephone exchanges set up in rural areas
of all the districts of Uttar Pradesh particularly in
Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Kheri, district-wise;
(b) whether there is any proposal to set up more telephone
exchanges in the said districts of Uttar Pradesh; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this
regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a) A statement indicating the district-wise number of
telephone exchanges set up in rural areas of all the districts
of Uttar Pradesh including the districts of Pilibhit,
Shahjahanpur and Kheri is given in the Annexure.
(b) No, Sir.
(c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.
ANNEXURE
District-wise number of Telephone Exchanges set up in rural
areas of all the districts
of Uttar Pradesh including the districts of Pilibhit,
Shahjahanpur and Kheri
Sl Telecom District No.of Sl Telecom No. of No (Secondary Telephone No District Telephone Switching Area) Exchanges (Secondary Exchanges Switching Area)
1. Allahabad 64 26 Orai 32 2. Azamgarh 60 27 Pratapgarh 47 3. Bahraich 54 28 Raebareli 56 4. Ballia 39 29 Shahjahanpur 23 5. Banda 84 30 Sitapur 50 6. Barabanki 60 31 Sultanpur 69 7 Basti 64 32 Unnao 45 8. Deoria 55 33 Varanasi 79 9. Etawah 26 34 Agra 47 10 Faizabad 57 35 Aligarh 41 11 Farrukhabad 38 36 Bareilly 31 12 Fatehpur 41 37 Bijnore 47 13 Ghazipur 33 38 Bulandshahr 25 14 Gonda 56 39 Ghaziabad 29 15 Gorakhpur 55 40 Meerut 29 16 Hamirpur 32 41 Mathura 33 17 Hardoi 30 42 Muzaffarnagar 44 18 Jaunpur 56 43 Moradabad 43 19 Jhansi 43 44 Noida 11 20 Kanpur 68 45 Saharanpur 30 21 Kheri 69 46 Badaun 15 22 Lucknow 41 47 Etah 23 23 Mainpuri 25 48 Pilibhit 25 24 Mau 32 49 Rampur 21 25 Mirzapur 41 TOTAL: 2,118