[cr-india] Community Radio Station at Konark

[Alokesh]

Community Radio Station at Konark

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a 
Grant of Permission Agreement with Young India, Konark, Orissa, for 
establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Konark 
District Puri Orissa. Letter of Intent had been issued to the organization 
after recommendation of Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite 
clearances from various Ministries. The Community Radio Station is expected 
to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the 
number of CRS will increase to 52 in the country.

The Community Radio Station is aimed to help the people in villages around 
Konark learning about water harvesting, safe water storage, water 
purification, and provide herbal health facilities to the villagers. It will 
also help improve governance by involving members of the community in 
developmental initiatives.

The Ministry encourages setting up the Community Radio Station as it 
promises to provide an opportunity to the local communities to express 
themselves, share their views and particularly empower the women. Community 
Radio broadcasting has developed in response to the needs to grass root 
social movements, community based organization to find an accessible and 
affordable means to express their own issues, concerns, cultures and 
language, and to create an alternative to the state owned public broadcaster 
and to growth of private commercial media.

(Press Release, PIB, Govt of India)

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi