GOVERNMENT OF INDIA COMMUNICATIONS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:96 ANSWERED ON:24.07.2000 WAITING LIST FOR TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS HARIBHAI PARTHIBHAI CHAUDHARY;PON RADHAKRISHNAN Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: (a) whether a number of applicants waiting for telephone connections under various telephone exchanges of Banaskantha region of Gujarat and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu; (b) if so , the details thereof, separately exchange- wise; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to provide telephone connections immediately to the applicants on the waiting list and for the expansion of the telephone exchanges in the Banaskantha region? Answer MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR) (a) & (b) : The total waiting list of applicants for telephone connections in Banaskantha region of Gujarat as on 30-6-2000 is 11027 and in Kanya Kumari distirct of Tamil Nadu is 14902. The exchange-wise waiting list as on 30-6-2000 is given in Annexure. (c): New telephone exchanges are being opened and capacity of existing telephone exchanges is being increased, wherever required and the waiting list as on 30-6-2000 is likely to be cleared by March-2001. ANNEXURE STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NOF. 9O6R 24-7-2000 REGARDING WAITING LIST FOR TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS EXCHANGE-WISE WAITING LIST AS ON 30-6-2000 IN BANASKANTHA REGION OF GUJARAT AND KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU Banaskantha region of Gujarat S.NO. Name of Telephone Exchange Waiting list as on 30-6-2000 1. AMBAJI 69 2. AMIRGADH 53 3. ARJANSAR 03 4. ASIDA 10 5. BAPLA 39 6. BHABHAR 297 7 BHACHAR 35 8. BHADAT 16 9. BHALASARA 04 10. BHARADAVA 16 11. BHATRAM 39 12. BHAVISANA 52 13. BHEMAL 27 14. BHILDI 218 15. BHILOD 45 16. BHORAL 12 17. BHORDU 51 18. BHUTEDI 131 19. BUKOLI 23 20. CHADOTAR 53 21. CHAMANPURA 45 22. CHANDISAR 97 23. CHHAPI 205 24. CHITRASANI 95 25. DAHISAR 73 26. DALWADA 20 27. DANTA 283 28. DANTIWADA 420 29. DEESA 682 30. DEODAR 311 31. DEV 44 32. DHANDHA 30 33. DHANERA 111 34. DHIMA 35 35. DODGAM 46 36. DUNGRASAN 84 37. DUA 113 38. DUDHAVA 15 39. GADH 80 40. GANGOL 109 41. GHANA 49 42. GHODH 50 43. GHOLA 25 44. GORAD 01 45. GUNDARI 11 46. HADAD 15 47. HASANPUR 97 48. IQBALGADH 118 49. JADIA 51 50. JAKHEL 37 51. JALODHA 26 52. JALOTRA 131 53. JAGOL 85 54. JEKDA 0 55. JETDA 167 56. JITPUR 28 57. JUNI SEDHANI 38 58. KABIRPURA 15 59. KAMBOL 58 60. KANODAR 43 61. KATRAVA 43 62. KHIMANA 139 63. KHIMAT 11 64. KHODA 122 65. KORDA 22 66. KOTDA 65 67. KOTHARWADA 73 68. KUCHHAWADA 58 69. KUWALA 112 70. KUWARALA 19 71. LAKHANI 117 72. LAVANA(DEODAR) 235 73. LAVANA(KALASH) 56 74. MADAL 51 75. MADKA 25 76. MALAN 29 77. MANDALI 17 78. MANKADI 05 79. META 119 80. MORIYA 87 81. NANEMEDA 55 82. NANDOTRA 41 83. NANI 96 84. NENAVA 29 85. PALANPUR 879 86. PALDI 218 87. PANOHADA 43 88. PANTHWADA 192 89. PECHDAL 40 90. PEPLU 161 91. PILUCHA 188 92. PILLUDA 11 93. RADHANPUR 205 94. RAH 20 95. RAIYA 0 96. RAMPURA 82 97. RAMSAN 58 98. RANPUR(PNP) 22 99. RASANA 16 100. RUNI 19 101. RUPAL(PNP) 20 102. SAMADHI 48 103. SAMAUMOTA 185 104. SANTALPUR 03 105. SAROTRA 26 106. SASAM 0 107. SEJALPUR 52 108. SIHORI 198 109. SONI 79 110. SUIGAM 17 111. SUNDHA 0 112. SUNDHARNESDI 49 113. TADAV 22 114. TAKARWADA(PNP) 59 115. TARVADA 47 116. THARA 291 117. THARAD 198 118. UN 70 119. VADAVAL 150 120. VADGAM 145 121. VELAR 52 122. VARAHI 17 123. VASADA 47 124. VASANA(PNP) 35 125. VAUVA 0 126. VIRAMPUR 19 127. VIRUNA 19 128. WAV 12 129. YAVARPURA 125 130. ZELMOR 91 131. ZARADA 117 Kanya-Kumari District of Tamil Nadu S.No. Name of Telephone Exchange Waiting list as on 31-3-2000 1. ALOOR 0175 2. ARAMBOLY 0 3. ARUMANAI 425 4. AZHAGAPPAPURAM 0 5. BOOTHAPANDI 452 6. CHERUVALLUR 339 7 COLACHEL 905 8. ETHAMOZHI 0 9. KADAYALUMOODU 136 10. KANYAKUMARI I 0 11. KANYAKUMARI II 0 12. KARINGAL 1270 13. KATTATHURAI 462 14. KEERIPARAI 0 15. KOLLENDODE 1425 16. KOTTAR - RSU 386 17. KULASEKARAM 978 18. KUZHITHURAI 400 19. LOWER KODAYAR 2 20. MANAKKAVILLAI 269 21. MARGTHANDAM 482 22. MODVATTUKONAM 323 23. MUTTOM 365 24. NAGERCOIL 1357 25. NEYYOOR 1074 26. PAINKULAM 891 27. PATHUKANI 17 28. RAMAPURAM 142 29. SWAMITHOPPU 222 30. THADIKARANKONAM 0 31. THENGAMPUTHUR 0 32. THUCKALAY 2156 33. VADASERY 249.