ASI Signs MoU With RailTel, BSNL for Public Wi-Fi Services

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By Press Trust of India | Updated: 1 August 2016 18:28 IST
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has signed an MoU with state-run RailTel and BSNL for providing Wi-Fi facilities at its various monuments and sites.

The service will be free for the first half-an-hour and thereafter chargeable on usage basis.

Currently, ASI has 116-ticketed monuments and sites and the services would be available wherever "technically feasible", Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

"The Archaeological Survey of India has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with RailTel and BSNL for providing Wi-Fi facility at ASI protected monuments," he said. Under the MoU, "Wi-Fi facility would be provided at ASI ticketed monuments/sites, if technically feasible." he said.

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However, no time frame has been set to introduce the services, he added.

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To another query, Sharma said as many as 100 monuments (56 ticketed and 44 non-ticketed), including Red Fort, Taj Mahal and Qutab Minar, have been identified to be developed as 'Adarsh Smarak'.

Besides basic tourist amenities, he said these monuments will have facilities like Wi-Fi, cafeteria, interpretation centre and Braille signage.

 

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