Chennai: Fulfilling two more poll promises, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday ordered setting up of ‘Amma Free WiFi’ zones in 50 places across the state, besides free Internet access to higher secondary and college students.
“In a move to implement the free Wi-Fi zone scheme as announced in the party manifesto, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has issued orders to set up Amma Wi-Fi zone in 50 spots, comprising larger bus terminuses, commercial complexes and parks,” an official press release here said.
Similarly, higher secondary school and college students would also be given free access to Internet as per the poll promise, it said. In the first phase, 50 schools will be covered at a cost of Rs 10 crore.
The Chief Minister also issued orders to construct an integrated IT complex, spread across two lakh square feet at the Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu Special Economic Zone in Sholinganallur at a cost of '80 crore, another release said. The exports from the Special Economic Zone constituting 25 per cent is valued at Rs 16,536 crore, the release added.
The government said, 650 permanent e-registration centres would be set up at a cost of '25 crores by the TN e-governance Agency allowing people to access the services offered by government departments.
For customers who opt to make use of government services through mobile applications, a new scheme, assured multi-modal access, would be launched offering the services of government department in mobile phones. Initially, 25 government schemes will be launched through this facility at a cost of Rs 1 crore.
Noting that the offices of Tamil Nadu e-governance agency and the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation were operating in rented premises, the release said new buildings at a cost of Rs 5 crore would be constructed to house the government offices.
