Laying and Maintenance of Optical Fibre Cables in the country

Laying and Maintenance of Optical Fibre Cables in the country

As of March 31, 2025, a total of 6,98,010 route KM of Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) has been laid across the country during the last three years. The state-wise details are attached as Annexure-I.

Annexure-I

S. No

State/UT Name

Total OFC Laid

(in route KM)

1.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT)

332

2.

Andhra Pradesh

70544

3.

Arunachal Pradesh

2859

4.

Assam

19288

5.

Bihar

11480

6.

Chandigarh (UT)

1558

7.

Chhattisgarh

14629

8.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT)

189

9.

Delhi (UT)

7951

10.

Goa

520

11.

Gujarat

14767

12.

Haryana

6027

13.

Himachal Pradesh

5488

14.

Jammu and Kashmir (UT)

10072

15.

Jharkhand

14065

16.

Karnataka

21812

17.

Kerala

81764

18.

Ladakh (UT)

1187

19.

Lakshadweep (UT)

20

20.

Madhya Pradesh

22925

21.

Maharashtra

56211

22.

Manipur

2171

23.

Meghalaya

3335

24.

Mizoram

1594

25.

Nagaland

1957

26.

Odisha

18773

27.

Puducherry (UT)

31

28.

Punjab

41326

29.

Rajasthan

37706

30.

Sikkim

1005

31.

Tamil Nadu

86944

32.

Telangana

65270

33.

Tripura

386

34.

Uttar Pradesh

41980

35.

Uttarakhand

8382

36.

West Bengal

23461

 

Grand Total

698010

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.