The Maharashtra government has decided to push the plan of having high-speed internet services on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, and has instead gone ahead in prioritising driver safety instead. An MSRDC official said that the plan to install WiFi services on the expressway was put on hold, as certain precautionary measures had to be taken before providing internet services. “We are first looking at engineering safety and have to complete capacity augmentation of the expressway before providing internet services,” the official added. Earlier this year, MSRDC had announced that it would set up WiFi services on the expressway and had even invited telecom operators to bid proposals. The MSRDC has been on receiving end since the past two years with the number of accidents increasing every year.

Source: dna November 11, 2017 04:41 UTC