XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session V (Monsoon) 

Thursday, August 14/Shravana 23, 1919 (Saka)



Type of Debate:	MATTERS UNDER RULE-377

Title:	Need to provide more telecommunication facilities in Erode, Tamil
Nadu.

TEXT :
 SHRI V.P. SHANMUGA SUNDARAM:  I  would  like  to  bring  to  your  notice  the
deplorable  state  of  affairs  of  Erode  Telecom  District  under  which  my
Parliamentary constituency falls. There are no developmental activities taking
place in Erode for the last few years. There are several villages without even
a Public  Telephone.  In  several  villages  where  a  telephone  exchange  is
available,  the  wait  list is so long that it is likely to be covered up only
after a few years, for instance, Kolappalur  and  Siruvalur  villages  have  a
waiting  list dating back to 1991-92. No action has been taken to increase the
exchange capacity though the commercial demand is adequate enough  to  justify
an expansion in almost all the areas of Erode Telecom District.

	Sir,  in  Kadambur  village of Satyamangalam Taluk there are more than
200 applications for telephone connections but  unfortunately,  there  is  not
even a Public Telephone. Despite repeated reminders to the Telecom authorities
of  Erode  Telecom District, no action has been taken so far. Today, in an era
where telecom facilities are at beck and call, non-existence of even a village
public telephone, leave alone a telephone exchange at Kadambur village is  not
justified.

	There  are  several  areas  where telephone faults are not attended to
even for weeks together. But the authorities are more concerned about  release
of STD, PCO leaving the basic requirements unfulfilled.

	I  request  the  hon.  Minister  for Communications to look into these
problems of Erode Telecom District and get them resolved.




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