Monday, December 29, 2008

Andhra district to have community radio soon

The people of Gulbarga district in Andhra Pradesh would soon be getting a community radio station which would empower the region particularly women, farmers and students to help them in socio-economic and cultural development of the area. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has signed an agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) with the Sharanbasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha, a Gulbarga-based non-governmental organisation (NGO).

As per the agreement, the CRS is expected to be operational at within three months. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 39 in India. Sharanbasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha has service oriented patronage for the welfare of all sections of the society, education of the youth more particularly of girls, uplift of women and much more.

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