All the 198 BBMP wards will get free Wi-fi hotspots within the next six months, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara announced after inaugurating the Shakthi Soudha in western Bengaluru's Govindarajanagar on Sunday.
Parameshwara, also the Bengaluru Development Minister, inaugurated Atal Ji Stadium, Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Centre and a statue of the city's founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda besides a free Wi-fi hotspot in Govindarajanagar. In all, the new projects cost around Rs 4 crore, officials said.
"Today the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has introduced a free Wi-fi hotspot in Govindarajanagar. A similar initiative will be launched in all the 198 wards within six months. I have directed the civic body officials to collect Rs 2,500 crore in property tax and generate revenue from other possible sources to take up development works in the city," Parameshwara said.
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