Under the Government’s ambitious ‘Digital India’ initiative, Kasmar and Garri Panchyats under Peterware block of Bokaro district were connected with Wi-Fi networks on Saturday.
Though, the systems were installed and inaugurated but could not pass the first test. Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad tried a lot to contact with Panchyat Heads and villagers through video conferencing but system could not support to make a link between them.
Experts blamed the glitch due to ‘bad weather’. Within a distance of 200m, six wi-fi antennas were installed in each while main systems were installed at the panchyat’s headquarters. More eight wi-fi antennas would be installed shortly in each panchyat, he said.
The digital India initiative aims to digitally connect all villages and gram panchayats (across the country) by broadband internet, promote e-governance and transform country into a connected knowledge economy, said an official.