Question : WAITING LIST IN UTTAR PRADESH

(a) the year of the registration upto which telephone connections have been provided to the applicants enlisted in the waiting list in the State of Uttar Pradesh;

(b) the year of registration upto which waiting list has been cleared in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh;

(c) the number of applicants enlisted in the waiting list of the above district till date;

(d) the time by which telephone connections would be made available to the remaining applicants in the waiting list; and

(e) the reasons for delay?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)

(a) In Uttar Pradesh clearance of waiting list is upto date wherever feasible. However, in some rural areas the oldest waiting list is with effect from 1999 onwards.

(b) IN Sultanpur Distrcit of Uttar Pradesh wiating list has been cleared upto February, 2005 in urban areas, and in rural areas where connections are planned on WLL, Waiting List has been cleared upto 29.12.1999 on customer`s acceptance of WLL phones.

(c) No. of applicants enlisted in the waiting list in Sultanpur District is 5303 as on 31.01.05.

(d) This Waiting List in Sultanpur is planned to be cleared progressively by March, 2007.

(e) As the waiting list is due to scattered demand and economically unviable, the WLL equipment is planned to cover these areas over a period of time progressively by BSNL.