New Delhi: Indian Railway has commissioned Wi-Fi at Hazaribagh Town falling below Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand state in Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway, thus taking the overall Wi-Fi facility to six,000 Railway stations.
“The Wi-Fi facility at Railway Stations meets the objectives of the aspiring Digital India Program of Government of India. This will bridge the digital divide between the rural and urban citizens thereby increasing the digital footprint in the rural villages and also enhance the user experience. Wi-Fi facility is being provided by Indian railways at 6000 stations now,” an official assertion mentioned.
Provision of Wi-Fi services at Railway stations on self sustainable foundation with no value to the Railways. This facility was supplied with the assistance of RailTel, a PSU below Ministry of Railways. This process was carried out in partnership with Google, DOT (below USOF), PGCIL and Tata Trust, it added.
Check out the State-wise Wi-Fi faciity at Railway stations as on May 15, 21.
| SN | State/UT | No. of Stations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 509 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 |
| 3 | Assam | 222 |
| 4 | Bihar | 384 |
| 5 | UT Chandigarh | 5 |
| 6 | Chhattisgarh | 115 |
| 7 | Delhi | 27 |
| 8 | Goa | 20 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 320 |
| 10 | Haryana | 134 |
| 11 | Himachal Pradesh | 24 |
| 12 | Jammu & Kashmir | 14 |
| 13 | Jharkhand | 217 |
| 14 | Karnataka | 335 |
| 15 | Kerala | 120 |
| 16 | Madhya Pradesh | 393 |
| 17 | Maharashtra | 550 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 1 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 1 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 3 |
| 21 | Odisha | 232 |
| 22 | Punjab | 146 |
| 23 | Rajasthan | 458 |
| 24 | Sikkim | 1 |
| 25 | Tamil Nadu | 418 |
| 26 | Telangana | 45 |
| 27 | Tripura | 19 |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 762 |
| 29 | Uttarakhand | 24 |
| 30 | West Bengal | 498 |
| Total | 6000 |
Indian Railways had began its Journey by offering Wi-Fi facility at 1st Railway station Mumbai in January 2016. Thereafter, supplied 5000th Railway station, at Midanpore in West Bengal and reached 6000th Railway station i.e Hazaribagh on 15.05.2021. Also, on the identical day Jarapada station in Angul District of state of Odisha was additionally supplied with Wi-Fi.
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