Delhi to get 100 free wifi hotspots on Dec 16

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, has announced the state government’s plan of launching free Wi-Fi hotspots across various locations of Delhi, starting from December 16. This step fulfills the last promise in the manifesto of AAP, said the Delhi CM in a press conference. The Chief Minister said that the first 100 hotspots will be launched on December 16. After this, 500 new hotspots would be added per week in the National Capital.

In order to access this, the government would be launching an app through which users can access free internet service by uploading their KYC (know your customer) details. The first phase would see installation of over 11,000 hotspots in the city by September 2020 and the whole project is to be implemented in a budget of Rs 100 crore. The Chief Minister confirmed 4,000 would be installed at bus stops and the remaining 7,000 would be placed in colonies.

The December 16 batch would see installation of hotspots in Kashmere Gate ISBT and Kashmere Gate Metro station, ITO bus stop, Mandi House bus stop, Delhi Secretariat, and Indraprashtha Metro station. The first few constituencies to get these will be Adarsh Nagar (18), Badali (19), Moti Nagar (10), Seemapuri (16) and Shahdara (18).

Everyday access to each user is set at 1.5 GB and monthly limit of 15 GB. The government is also planning to link all the CCTV cameras installed in the city with the Wi-Fi.