13,800 villages and around 200 major cities of the state will get free wi-fi at all public places and free or cheap internet at homes and work places as the state government has initiated the process of laying one lakh km long fibre optic network in the state for broadband internet services.
Gujarat government, which failed to create fibre optic network under National Fibre Optic Network (NFON) initiated in 2011 by Congress-led UPA government, has now suddenly decided to aggressively go for a complete digitization of all gram panchayats and all government/semi government offices including all schools, colleges, hospitals, public utilities with free wi-fi facilities under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India Drive.