Udupi’s Malpe beach now has free Wi-Fi facility

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Jan 26, 2016: The well liked and visited Malpe beach is the first beach in the country to provide Wi-Fi facility to visitors 24x7. Courtesy technical expertise provided by BSNL, visitors can access free Wi-Fi. A person can avail this facility for 30 minutes per number at 4G speed and not beyond that.

The decision to make the Malpe beach Wi-Fi enabled was incidentally taken at a meeting of the district administration at a meeting of its tourism development committee.

Pramod Madhwaraj, Udupi MLA who inaugurated the Wi-Fi facility said Malpe beach has to its credit of being one of the cleanest beaches in the country.

The Malpe Beach Development Committee has taken on itself the task of ensuring that visitors who come to the beach get all possible facilities including security. A sum of Rs 80 lakh has been set aside for beach cleanliness. Watch towers will be set up, life guards and watch and ward appointed, toilets and parking arrangement made, MLA said.

Likewise, a sum of Rs 4-5 crore will be spent on developing all roads leading to the beach, Pramod said. A sum of Rs 70 lakh will also be spent on purchasing a beach cleaning machine, he noted.

Lauding the committee for initiating the process of providing free Wi-Fi facility to tourists, Pramod said he will take up the issue with the minister for tourism R V Deshpande to ensure that tourists get 24x7 free Wi-Fi rather than the 30 minute per number cap that has been set on users now.