Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) introduced 3G wi-fi at the Boat Club area of the State capital here on Wednesday. The facility was inaugurated by Mayor Alok Sharma. This service is likely to benefit around 2,000 to 3,000 people daily.
Mayor Alok Sharma, in the presence of Chairman of Municipal Corporation Surjeet Singh Chouhan, Municipal Commissioner Tejaswi S Naik and other members of the Council, inaugurated the Wi-Fi service in the Boat club area.
This service introduced by Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be available near Upper lake, Van Vihar, Boat club and Bharat Bhavan and it could be utilized completely free of charge.
While inaugurating Wi-Fi from the lake Princes Cruise, Mayor Alok Sharma said, “It is an attempt to turn Bhopal into Smart City and to realize our Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s dream to convert the city in to digital city, heritage city and global city.”
This facility is one of the first of its kind in the State, especially because it is near a lake. Now, other areas where Wi-Fi facility could be provided are being surveyed. Alok Sharma further said that this is going to benefit students in a large way and they can utilize it to make their city and nation proud.
To utilize this service, one would have to install an App ‘Free as Air’ in his/ her Smart Phone from ‘Google Play Store’. After downloading it, the user would have to get himself/ herself registered in the App and then it would be ready for use.
The use of free Wi-Fi is also safe on security point of view, as while registering, it requires complete name and mobile number of the user. It is a onetime registration. After registration, if the user reaches Boat club or nearby areas, his mobile phone would automatically connect to the Wi-Fi.