A team of officials from Ministry of Communications would visit Tripura next week to set up WiFi chaupals (public meetings) in 1178 gram panchayats of the state, officials said.
“Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb met union minister of state for Communications Manoj Sinha at New Delhi on Wednesday. They discussed to roll out WiFi chaupal scheme in 1178 gram panchayats. They also discussed about a pilot project of e-band technology-based solutions which was especially designed for Tripura,” Sanjoy Mishra, Media Advisor to Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, said.
Under the WiFi chaupal scheme, at least one village in each of these rural panchayats would be transformed to ‘e-village’.
During his visit to New Delhi, CM Deb met five other union ministers on Wednesday including Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Environment and Forests Harsh Vardhan and minister of state for power RK Singh.