Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat formally inaugurated Wifi services for Nainital through video conferencing held at Bijapur Guest House on Thursday. He further announced that such facility would be commissioned in Mussoorie to be followed by Rajbhawan and Chief Minister’s residence. As per the scheme, the users will be given first 20 minutes free and thereafter, they will pay as per the rate.
Congratulating the people of Nainital and those visiting the lake city as tourists, CM stated that Wifi is a need of the present time. State Government is constantly making efforts to extend the services to as many areas as possible, he said.
State government has set target to provide Wifi services in all the 13 district headquarters, major shrines and tourist spots, CM said, adding that the budget would be provided for the purpose.
Talking to The Pioneer, secretary Deepak Gairola said they had identified 84 points across all the 13 districts of the state where such service would be installed.