Free WiFi to know things, not downloading films: Nitish Kumar

PURNEA (BIHAR): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said his government has decided to provide free WiFi facility in all colleges and universities by February and asked youths to use the facility for downloading books and knowledge materials and not for watching films.

Free WiFi is part of programmes under "seven resolves" which the state's Grand Alliance government has adopted to promote good governance, Kumar said while addressing a meeting here.

Kumar said the facility has been conceived as it was realised that for doing good in life, youths should be "digitally" smart.

However, it seemed that the facility was used more for downloading films than for literary works in Patna and officials in the secretariat were also not lagging behind.

Giving an example of how free WiFi was being misused, he said, "It came to our knowledge that one gentleman has downloaded 300 movies in the 22 km of main city street where the facility is available."

"Downloading 1-2 movies is OK but the free WiFi facility in colleges and universities is conceived to help students download books and knowledge materials," he said in the meeting, a part of his ' Nishchay Yatra'.

The Bihar CM is criss-crossing the state as part of 'Nishchay yatra' in a phased manner to take feedback on prohibition and preparations for implementation of 'seven resolves'. Purnea stop is part of third phase of the yatra that began from Araria on Wednesday.

Kumar said implementing total prohibition in the state since April this year has ushered in a "social revolution" particularly in rural areas.

He also talked of the human chain that would be formed across the state on January 21 and sought more people's participation in it.