Approval of the DPR submitted by the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) for making Bhubaneswar Wi-Fi is still under consideration of the State Government, informed Electronics and Information and Technology Minister Pranab Prakash Das in the State Assembly on Tuesday. “The STPI has submitted a detailed project report (DPR) of `196 crore. Its approval is still under consideration of the State Government,” the Minister stated in response to a question of BJD MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain.
According to the DPR, `122 crore has been estimated for installing hardware, `36 core for software, `4 crore for services, `26 crore for manpower and Rs nine crore has been estimated for administrative expenditure.
The Minister said tender process would only begin after the DPR gets approval, and the Wi-Fi project would be completed within one year of completion of the tender process.