[HCDX] AIR Kargil waves to go across border

["Alokesh Gupta" <alokeshgupta@xxxxxxxxx>]

AIR Kargil waves to go across border

On May 30, All India Radio, Kargil, was put on 200 kilowatt high power
transmitter to broaden its reach to all the districts of the state and the
northern areas under occupation of Pakistan. This was mainly done to
propagate regional culture..
CJ: Rajesh Bhat ,  8 hours ago
IN YET another effort to strengthen radio network in the border state of
Jammu and Kashmir, the All India Radio (AIR), Kargil, on May 30 was put on
200 kilowatt (KW) high power transmitter so that its broadcast could reach
all the districts of the state and the northern areas under the occupation
of Pakistan.
The station was presently functioning with a strength of only one kilowatt
and there was a dire need to upgrade the station to propagate the regional
culture and also to counter the propaganda from across the border.
Chief minister of J&K, Ghulam Nabi Azad, who inaugurated the upgraded
transmitter from one to 200 KW, said that it was an important day for the
people of the district as the station would now be heard in the entire
region and across the border. "The upgradation of AIR Kargil Station would
further help the government welfare and development measures reaching the
people of the region and their separated brethren across the Line of Control
(LoC),'' the chief minister said.
The Prasar Bharati has, in the meantime, decided to extend the transmission
hours of AIR Kargil from five hours to 10 hours. The chief minister said
that five hours of transmission would be in local languages. While another
five hours would be dedicated to Urdu, the state language. He said that Urdu
connected the three regions of the state where people spoke different
languages and dialects. He assured people that the upgraded radio station
would promote local culture and languages.
Azad also welcomed the assurance by the chief executive officer (CEO) of
Prasar Bharati, BS Lalli, that local news bulletin would soon be broadcast
from AIR Kargil. He said that the radio station was fitted with two
generators of one megawatt each to augment power and ensure interruption
free transmission. He said the pair of generators was the biggest for any
radio station in the country.
Lalli, on the occasion, said that apart from starting local news bulletin
from AIR Kargil, Doordarshsn would shortly display temperature of this arid
dessert region in national news bulletins.
The Kargil station, along with other radio stations in J&K, have played a
vital and significant role in promoting the art and culture of the area
besides countering the enemy propaganda from
across the border. During the wars and conflicts of 1947, 1962, 1965, 1971
and Kargil intrusion of 1999 and even during peace times and natural
calamities, the radio stations in J&K have efficiently shouldered the
responsibility in fighting the war of words.
The first radio station in Jammu and Kashmir was set-up on December 1, 1947
at Jammu in the backdrop of the partition and tribal raid, when rumour
mongers were calling shots and disturbing communal harmony in this sensitive
border state. In the same year, the state had acceded to India on October
26, 1947 after the signing of the Instrument of Accession with the Union of
India. Radio Kashmir, Srinagar, started operating from July 1, 1948.

http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=134960

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi


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