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COMMUNICATIONS
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COMMUNITY RADIO SETS
Realising the importance of radio as a medium of communication the Government of Maharashtra introduced the Rural Broadcasting Contributory Scheme in Bhandara district also. Under this scheme the Directorate of Publicity provides radio sets to rural institutions like grampanchayats, public libraries and municipalities. The Directorate not only installs the radio sets but also provides for their maintenance and servicing. Dry batteries are provided to the battery radio sets.
The community radio sets are meant exclusively for the use of the public and the parties concerned are required to tune radio programmes relayed from the All India Radio and especially the programmes for the villagers and workers.
In March 1972 about 999 villages in Bhandara district were provided with radio receiving sets under the contributory scheme.
The following table shows the rural broadcasting statistics in Bhandara district as on 31st March 1972.
TABLE No. 7
RURAL BROADCASTING STATISTICS IN BHANDARA DISTRICT AS ON 31ST MARCH 1972. |
Tahsil |
No. of villages in which receiving sets are installed by the Rural Broadcasting Department |
Rural Population of villages having receiving sets (according to 1971 Census) |
Total number of Radio farm forums | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) | |
Gondia |
333 |
3,77,119 |
43 | |
Bhandara |
258 |
2,62,836 |
54 | |
Sakoli |
408 |
3,37,250 |
58 | |
District Total |
999 |
9,77,205 |
155 |
Source.—Bureau of Economics and Statistics. |
