Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will be inaugurating Wi-fi facility at Raipur railway station on Thursday from New Delhi. The facility will be inaugurated by Prabhu from Rail Bhawan of Delhi through remote technique.
The Wi-fi facility to start at Raipur railway station is being provided by Railtel, said officials, elaborating that 1 GBPS will be the capacity of band switch for internet being provided by Railtel.
With the facility, 9800 passengers could draw the benefit of internet at same moment, added the officials.
On the occasion, MP Ramesh Bais, MP Bhushan lal Jangde, MlA Shrichand Sundrani, Raipur Mayor Pramod Dubey, General Manager of South East Central Railway Satyendra Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rahul Gautam and others will be registering their presence.
It may be recalled that Prabhu has announced to ensure Wi-fi facility at 400 railway stations in the country while presenting annual railway budget for financial year 2015-16.
According to officials, as many as 23 railway stations under South East Central Railway (SECR) will be covered under the move of equipping railway stations with WiFi facility. The facility will be available at A and B type railway stations falling under the zone. Of 23 railway stations to be equipped with Wi-fi, two railway stations meets the eligibility criteria of A1 railway station, seven have been put in A category while 14 have been identified as B stations.
Officials further informed that one A1 railway station each come under Bilaspur and Raipur railway division. Of seven A type railway stations, three falling in jurisdiction of Nagpur Division, two stations each in Raipur and Bilaspur Division whereas seven B type railway stations falling in Bilaspur Division, five in Nagpur Division and two in Raipur Division.
Railway stations to be facilitated with Wi-fi facility are Bilaspur, Raipur, Raigarh, Champa, Bhilai Power House, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Gondia, Bhandara Road, Korba, Akaltara, Pendra Road, Anuppur, Shahdol, Umaria, Ambikapur, Bhatapara, Tilda, Dongargarh, Chhindwara, Ramtek, Chandafort and Itwari, informed officials.