As per report from New Delhi sources it was stated that the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to provide free Wi-Fi services at Lodhi Garden from next month. Later, the same facility will be expanded to other parks also. Meanwhile the senior NDMC officials have said that work has been initiated and it will take a month to make Lodhi Garden a "free Wi-Fi zone".
A senior NDMC official had said that "We are working on the project and tenders have been floated. Lodhi Garden is an important place for regular morning and evening walkers in Lutyens Delhi. It is important to connect the parks with facilities like free Wi-Fi where people can enjoy their leisure time".
The Wi-Fi services will be provided atop `smart
poles', which the council has been planning for the last two years but the
project was stuck in a limbo. An official added that "Smart poles are LED
streetlights equipped with Wi-Fi facility and security camera. The LED lights
also save cost. Around 12,000 such poles will be erected across NDMC
areas".
The official had said that initially we had planned to provide free Wi-Fi services in high-end markets but no bidder was ready to take the project. So, NDMC has signed an agreement with MTNL and we will form a SPV with one of their subsidiaries. The SPV will be formed by April this year and immediately we will start working on free Wi-Fi project in high-end markets.
