(a) the number of villages covered by the Village Public Telephone facility and where
the said facility is not available in Madhya Pradesh particularly in backward areas and
Bihar particularly in Saharsa and Supal districts during the last three years, separately,
district-wise; and
(b) The number of such telephones proposed to be provided in those States during 2000-2001,
location-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) The Village Public Telephone facility has been provided in large number of villages
in Madhya Pradesh including backward areas and in Bihar including Saharsa and Supal districts.
Information on such facility provided during the last three years is as under:
Madhya Pr. Bihar Saharsa Distt. Supal Distt.b) the number of such telephones proposed to be provided in those States during 2000-2001, location-wise? District-wise information is in the enclosed Annexures.
No. of Villages 71526 79208 438 517
Villages Provided with 43615 21856 287 275 VPTs upto 31-01-2000
Villages not having VPTs 27911 57352 151 242
VPTs provided during last 3 years
1997-98 3878 2615 56 48 1998-99 3707 2137 42 24 1999-2000 (Upto 31st Jan, 2000) 334 503 16 12
Sl. No. Name of District 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 (As on 21-02-2000)
1 Balaghat 124 152 80 2 Bastar 12 230 23 3 Belul 14 260 15 4 Bhind 87 28 0 5 Bhopal 43 0 0 6 Bilaspur 20 350 166 7 Chhaiarpur 24 55 0 8 Chhindwara 117 307 131 9 Damoh 13 42 0 10 Delia 0 0 0 11 Dewas 36 33 0 12 Dhar 3 0 0 13 Durg 5 134 28 14 Guna 172 39 0 15 Gwalior 0 0 0 16 Hoshangabad 112 81 0 17 Indore 72 23 0 18 Jabalpur 194 50 0 19 Jhabua 218 17 0 20 Khandwa 38 0 0 21 Khargaon 102 154 94 22 Mandla 33 143 39 23 Mandsaur 251 81 0 24 Morena 135 34 0 25 Narsingpur 100 152 114 26 Panna 59 0 0 27 Raigarh 13 170 48 28 Raipur 0 200 20 29 Raisen 179 19 0 30 Rajgarh 63 30 0 31 Rajanandgaon 0 0 0 32 Ratlam 170 15 0 33 Rewa 12 70 0 34 Sagar 140 41 0 35 Sarguja 0 120 0 36 Satna 202 101 0 37 Sehore 75 65 0 38 Seoni 90 222 148 39 Shahdol 160 101 0 40 Shajapur 110 79 0 41 Shivpuri 302 70 0 42 Sidhi 29 0 0 43 Tikamgarh 14 5 0 44 Ujjain 154 0 0 45 Vidisha 185 34 0
Total 3878 3707 906
Annexure VPTs provided in different districts in Bihar during last 3 years
Sl. No. Name of District 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 1 Arrah 96 24 58 2 Araria 34 52 51 3 Aurangabad 48 36 24 4 Banka 80 63 41 5 Begusarai 29 12 60 6 Bhabhua 44 11 00 7 Bhagalpur 147 112 72 8 Bokaro 48 100 30 9 Buxer 58 11 47 10 Chapra 28 36 120 11 Chatra 00 05 00 12 Darbhanga 24 12 72 13 Deoghar 74 40 12 14 Dhanbad 96 198 56 15 Dumka 72 48 12 16 E. Champaran 78 72 48 17 E.Singhbhum 52 00 21 18 Gaya 48 48 24 19 Garhwa 00 21 29 20 Giridih 38 36 05 21 Godda 48 12 12 22 Gopalganj 12 20 30 23 Gumla 48 26 12 24 Hazaribagh 48 42 08 25 Jahanabad 26 04 06 26 Jamui 52 40 39 27 Katihar 58 60 48 28 Khagria 24 12 36 29 Kishanganj 32 34 36 30 Kodarma 10 36 08 31 Lakhisarai 39 14 12 32 Lehardaga 22 10 04 33 Madhepura 41 08 04 34 Madhubani 24 14 72 35 Mungher 46 36 24 36 Muzaffarpur 54 48 04 37 Nalanda 64 140 16 38 Nawada 21 24 12 39 Pukur 12 08 01 40 Patna 136 138 22 41 Palamu 06 36 30 42 Purnea 66 48 46 43 Ranchi 112 84 12 44 Rohtas 69 16 01 45 Saharsa 42 36 16 46 Sahibganj 30 22 12 47 Samastipur 24 12 72 48 Sheohar 05 04 01 49 Shekhpura 34 24 12 50 Sitamarhi 54 48 02 51 Siwan 12 24 30 52 Supaul 44 36 12 53 Vaishali 80 29 44 54 W.Champaran 54 53 23 55 W.Singhbhum 62 02 34