Panjanhedi of Haridwar district has become the first village in North India endowed with internet facility at Gram panchayat under Digital India Campaign. Panjanhedi village falls under Bhadrabad block of the district. The district officials claimed that such facility would be provided to other gram panchayats across the district soon.
It claimed that it is the first village across north India where internet connection to Gram Panchayat on National Optical Fiber Scheme under Digital India Campaign is provided. Information through internet will be provided to the entire village. By this facility information of all types of pension, ration card, family register, DBTl gas benefits and other Government schemes will be provided to every villager on one click. Besides, it will be helpful to maintain the standards of E-governance.
Initially, the speed of 5 Mbps (Mega byte per second) is provided to Panjanhedi gram panchayat under Digital India Campaign. Villagers can see the result and can avail the printout also, said CDO Haridwar Ranjana. One phone will also be installed there, she said, adding that by the CCTV monitoring facility, phone will be connected to district headquarters for future video conferencing. She further said that this facility will be provided to all the village gram panchayats across the district soon. It may be mentioned that free Wi-Fi will be provided to the villagers with in 100 meter circle area of village panchayat office. This facility will run on solar system, it is learnt.