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COMMUNICATIONS
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COMMUNITY RADIO SETS
Thus there are 1,137 telephone connections in the district.
Under the Rural Broadcasting Contributory Scheme of the Government of Maharashtra, the Directorate of Publicity provides radio sets in the district to institutions like grampanchayats, public libraries, municipalities etc. Besides installation of the sets, the Directorate provides for their maintenance and servicing. Dry batteries are also supplied for the battery sets.
The Community radio sets are provided specially for the benefit of the common man. It is also prescribed that the radio set should be used to tune programmes relayed from the All India Radio and specially the programmes for villagers and workers.
The following table gives the talukawise number of villages where radio-sets were installed upto 31st March 1972 under the Rural Broadcasting Contributory Scheme, as also the rural population benefited by it.
TABLE No. 6
RURAL BROADCASTING STATISTICS IN DHULIA DISTRICT. AS ON 31ST MARCH 1972 |
Taluka |
Number of villages |
Rural population benefited |
No. of Radio farm forums | |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | |
District Total |
892 |
9,56,729 |
8 | |
Akrani |
68 |
23,570 |
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Akkalkuwa |
84 |
41,511 |
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Taloda |
32 |
22,944 |
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Shahada |
69 |
73,644 |
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Nandurbar |
77 |
84,027 |
2 | |
Shirpur |
96 |
1,00,925 |
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Sindkheda |
121 |
1,52,319 |
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Nawapur |
72 |
85,915 |
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Sakri |
138 |
1,74,799 |
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Dhulia |
135 |
1,97,075 |
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Source.―Divisional Engineer, Rural Broadcasting Bombay.
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