PUNE: The standing committee of
Pune Municipal Corporation (
PMC) has approved proposal of laying of 2300 km long
fibre optic cable. The decision about it was taken at the meeting on Monday while approving the
optic fibre cable (OFC) policy.
"The network is not only useful for the civic body, but also for the citizens. They will be able to get better connectivity and internet services with this network. It will also provide a new income source to the civic administration,” said Kunal Kumar, Commissioner of PMC, while speaking to reporters.
These cables will be laid through ducts along the roadside. The civic body has to provide a number of services which are Internet based. If PMC gets its our own network, it will reduce the financial burden on the civic body.
As per PMC officials, tenders for creating the ducts are already issued. Nearly Rs 250 crore will be spent for the same. Private companies are going to use them for augmenting their Internet and cellphone service. The civic body will utilise the same infrastructure to build its own cable network.
Civic officials said a number of Internet-based facilities are in the offing. They include paperless building permissions,
GPS tagging and monitoring properties and geo-tagging of trees.
A centralised traffic management system,
CCTV network, smart street lighting and centralised control rooms are to be set up in the city, for which high-speed Internet will be needed.
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