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The Government proposes to set up All India Radio (AIR)
centers particularly in the tribal districts. During
the Tenth Five Year Plan period, three radio stations
viz. (i) Himatnagar (Gujarat), (ii) Saraipalli (Chattisgarh),
and (iii) Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), have been commissioned
in tribal areas. Two more radio stations in the tribal
districts of Soro (Orissa) and Dharamapuri (Tamil Nadu)
are technically ready; but have not been commissioned
due to non-sanction of Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
staff. One radio station in the tribal district of Churachandpur
in Manipur is also technically ready, but could not
be commissioned as a decision about link language is
yet to be taken by the State Government.
Besides, another forty-one Radio Stations spread-over
in the tribal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh , Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan,
Maharashtra, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal have been proposed during the 10th Plan.
While planning setting up of radio stations, AIR is
motivated by (i) coverage analysis (including feed-back
reports); (ii) population density; (iii) people's representation;
and (iv) availability of resources.
This information was given by Minister of Information
& Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Sh. P.R.
Dasmunsi in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.
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