Chandigarh, Nov 1 (UNI) On the occasion of Haryana Day, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar equipped 288 chaupals of Karnal district with Wi-Fi under Bharat Net Project. While inaugurating the e-chaupal programme in Karnal, the Chief Minister directly interacted with the Sarpanches and VLEs of various villages which are beneficiaries of the Scheme.
He said that with the facility of Wi-Fi, people will now have access to more than 550 Government Schemes and services at a lesser price. Now, they will not have to visit the government offices time and again.
While speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister informed that out of 382 Gram Panchayats in Karnal, optical fibre cabling of 288 Panchayats has been completed, while internet and Wi-Fi facility is functioning smoothly in 225 Gram Panchayats. He congratulated the Panchayats of the district for it.
He said that this is the result of the hard work of Information Technology (IT), BharatNet and Common Service Centres and it is the need of the hour. He further added that mobiles and computers are used both in the villages or cities in fact even watches have been connected to the internet.
Elaborating on it further he said that the revolution in telecommunication has bridged the gap between people and now anyone can communicate while sitting at the ease of their home to any part of the country or world. He said that earlier people had to visit government offices for trivial work however, due to internet now people can do their work while sitting at home. The internet charges are also very nominal and a person can use the internet by spending only Rs. 10, which can be increased as per requirement.
The Chief Minister further informed that people can take advantage of 550 services and schemes whose forms are available online in Haryana. One such farmer-friendly government scheme is Meri Fasal, Mera Byora whose details have to be filled on the portal. Many farmers in Haryana have adopted this and faced no difficulty in selling crops in the mandis. While appealing through the Sarpanches of the Panchayats present in the programme the Chief Minister said that the people should take advantage of the decisions taken by the government.
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