The Government
have undertaken six All India Radio projects to expand the existing
network in North Eastern States, especially in Assam.
This was stated
by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad in reply to a question by Dr. Jayanta Rongpi in Lok Sabha
today.
Elaborating, the
Minister told, the AIR projects are of Jorhat, Silchar, Karimganj,
Lumding, Golpara and Guwahati. He said the work undertaken at
Guwahati includes upgradation of existing uplink facility to
digital mode while the proposed FM transmitter at Lumding will
cover some of the uncovered areas of Karbi district also.
Shri Prasad said
the projects are proposed to be implemented during the 10th
Five Year Plan.
