Delhi tender for free wi-fi to be re-floated

The Delhi high court was on Friday informed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) that it has decided to re-float the tender for providing free wi-fi to residents via some 18,500 street poles under the civic authority’s jurisdiction.

The tender was part of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s pet project of giving free wi-fi to Delhiites at various spots and includes installation of CCTVs and replacement of street lights with LED bulbs on the street poles. A division Bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, after taking into <g data-gr-id="9">record</g> the submission of the civic authority that it will re-float the tender, dismissed as withdrawn the plea of Reliance Jio Infocomm.