Just months after it holds the record for the nation’s first rooftop solar plant Museum – Salar-Jung is in news for another rare record. The Hyderabadi Museum is going to become first Museum with Wi-Fienabled in India.

Last year KCR (Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao), the Chief Minister of the youngest state in India, Telangana announced that the city will blaze ahead with free Wi-Fi zones. Making it true, the Museum is going to add in the list of free Wi-Fi zones.

Museum authorities have initiated steps to provide Wi-Fi for the visitors by next month with the facility made available at all the exhibition areas spread across three blocks. The Museum attracts a wide range of tourists from every nook and canny of the World. The museum has 38 galleries located in central, eastern and western blocks showcasing a part of its rich collection.

As a beginning step, the Museum authorities recently invited tenders for Wi-Fi on two floors of the visitor areas and some service providers have already inspected the premises. “Few issues are to be addressed and after re-tendering, we expect the facility to be in place before July end,” said M.Veerender, Deputy Curator.

The ground and first floor of the museum is open for public while the second floor houses library and the third floor is allotted for office space. “To start with, the indoor Wi-Fi hotspot would cater to the first two floors and we will consider spreading it to the library area at a later stage,” he said. Certain security issues were also being considered for incorporation in the Wi-Fi facility, based on the advice of security staff. Salar Jung Museum recently got rooftop solar plant installed and trial runs initiated with the authorities expecting the move to bring down electricity bills considerably by addressing at least 50% of power needs.

- Manohar