FIRST PHASE AREAS IN METROS UNDER CAS NOTIFIED

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has notified the areas in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata in which all pay TV channels would compulsorily be shown through an addressable system (CAS) from 1^st September 2003. So far as Chennai is concerned the entire Chennai Metropolitan area has been notified. A notification to this effect has been issued by the Ministry last evening. In supersession of the earlier notification S.O.39(E), dated 14^th January, 2003, the new notification notifies the 1^st day of March 2003 as the date within six months from which it shall be obligatory for every cable operator to transmit/retransmit programmes of every pay channel through an addressable system in the areas specified below, namely:-

i) In the Municipal Council of Greater Mumbai, the area to the West of the main line of Central Railway between Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (CST) station and Sion Railway Station, including the area from Navy Nagar (in the south) upto the CST Railway Station (in the north), including Ballard Estate, bound by the Sion-Bandra Link Road and the Mahim Causeway on the northern side and includes the areas Colaba, RC Church, World Trade Centre, Maker Towers, Nariman Point, Cuffe Prade, Fort, Fountain, Bombay Stock Market, Prince of Wales Museum, CIDCO, Marine Drive, Gateway of India, Horiman Circle, Reserve Bank of India, Churchgate, Ballard Estate, Town Hall, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Madam Cama Road, Veer Nariman Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Dr. Dadabhai Navroji Marg, Marine Lines, Charni Road, Kalbadevi, Thakurdwar, Girgaum, Walkeshwar Road, Nepensea Road, Cumbala Hill, Malabar Hill, Grant Road, Khetwadi, Breach Candy, Peddar Road, Hajiali, Mahalaxmi, Worli, Tardeo, Altomout Road, Dr. Dadasheb Bhadkamkar Marg, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Road, Saat Rasta, Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Mahalakshmi Race Course, Dr. Annie Besant Marg, N.M.Joshi Marg, Gokhale Road, Dr. Moses Road, Prabhadevi, Dadar (West), Shivaji Park, Cadell Road, Lady Jamshedji Road, Sitladevi Road, Mahim, Gen Arunkumar Vidya marg.

ii) In the National Capital Territory of Delhi, area covering Chanakyapuri, Motibagh, Vsant Vihar, Safdarjung, Vasantkunj, Chattarpur, Madangir, Kalkaji, Sarita Vihar, Maharani Bagh; bounded in the East by Yamuna River (from Delhi-Haryana border near Badarpur to Bhairon Marg;bounded in the West by Welliongton Crescent, Sardar Patel Marg, NH8 (from Dhaulakuan to Gurgaon Border); bounded in the South by Delhi-Haryana border (from Gurgaon to Badarpur and Yamuna River); bounded in the North by Bhairon Marg, Rajpath (from National Stadium to Vijay Chowk), Parliament House, Talkatora Road upto Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

iii) In the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, the areas whose northern boundary is the eastern bank of the river Hoogly up to the confluence with Tolly’s Nalla on the right; eastern boundary is the line along the western bank of Tolly’s Nalla starting from its confluence with river Hooghly in the north, running south along the Tolly’s Nalla/Kaorapukur Khal to the mouzas of Magurkhali; Southern Boundary is along the line following the southern boundaries of mouzas Magurkhali, Ramjibanpur, Sajnaberia, Gopalnagar, Kalua, Hanspukuria area within Police Station Behala proceeding towards the southrern boundaries of mouzas Kalagachhia Sankharipota, Naoabad, Khanberia, Chandigar, Shibhugli and Ramesuhwarpur with Police Station Meheshtola.

Thereafter the same line following the southern boundaries of mouzas Betuabi Rajarampur, Santoshpur, Uttar Raipur, Benjan Haria Charial, Eastern and southern mouzas of Nischintapur and southern boundaries of mouzas of Uttar Ramchandrapur, Raghunathpur, Rajarampur, Achhipur within Police Station Budge Budge.

And then proceeding further westward in a straight line and meeting the western boundary-line of District 24 Parganas in the river Hoghly; and western boundary is the line along the east bank of river Hoghly starting from the confluence of Tolly’s Nala running south-south-west where it meets the line of District 24 Parganas in the river Hooghly.

iv) Chennai Metropolitan area.