(a) the number of free Wi-Fi enabled railway stations, zone-wise;
(b) the names of other stations identified for the said purpose, zone-wise;
(c) the time by which this facility is proposed to be provided at all the major railway stations in the country;
(d) whether a meeting of the ZRUCC was held in the Northern Railway Central Zone and if so, the date of the said meeting along with the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4533 BY SHRI ANSHUL VERMA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 29.03.2017 REGARDING FREE WI-FI AT STATIONS
(a): Zone-wise list of stations having Wi-Fi facility is appended as Appendix – ‘I’.
(b) & (c): Indian Railways as a policy has decided to provide Wi-Fi facility in all A1, A and B category stations. List of all such stations (Total 709 stations) is appended as Appendix-‘II’.
Wi-Fi facility is being provided at railway stations without any Capital investment from Railway’s side. It is planned to implement Wi-Fi at all the 709 stations by March, 2020.
(d) & (e): All efforts are made to hold the meeting of the Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) as per schedule. However, due to some unavoidable circumstances including assembly elections, non-availability of venue, running of Parliament session, etc., it has not been feasible to hold the meetings as per schedule. The meeting of ZRUCC, Northern Railway has, however, been fixed for 27.04.2017.
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