Eye on BMC polls: State races to create 1,500 Wifi hotspots by Jan

MUMBAI: With the Mumbai civic polls scheduled early next year, all major public places in the city are likely to be turned into Wifi zones by mid-january, according to an ambitious plan drawn up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp)-led Maharashtra government.

The state government has set a target of completing the first phase of the project — Wifi hotspots at 500 locations — by November 15 itself. Overall, the city will have 1,500 Wifi hotspots. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis recently sanctioned Rs194 crore for the project’s first phase.

According to the plan, residents will be able to use Wifi free of cost for a maximum download limit of 100 megabytes (MB) a day a user, or for 30 minutes a day, whichever is earlier. All e-governance mobile applications of the BMC, state government and Union government will be available all day for free, unlimited use at these hotspots.