World's longest free Wi-Fi zone in Patna

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has launched 20 km free Wi-Fi zone at a function in Patna.

The state's free Wi-Fi zone is the longest in the world after China's 3.5 km zone. The free of cost Wi-Fi facility can be accessed from NIT-Patna and would be provided at all the tourist spots.

At the e-Bihar summit, Kumar also announced to establish an IT city in Nalanda district and also unveiled a 'city surveillance and dial 100' scheme under which at least 100 CCTV cameras will be installed in different localities of the state capital. A state data centre has also been opened for storing of the 'data' collected by these cameras.

Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar and Beltron MD Atul Sinha were also present at the e-Bihar event.