Community Radio Station at Konark

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement with Young India, Konark, Orissa, for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Konark District Puri Orissa. Letter of Intent had been issued to the organization after recommendation of Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 52 in the country.

The Community Radio Station is aimed to help the people in villages around Konark learning about water harvesting, safe water storage, water purification, and provide herbal health facilities to the villagers. It will also help improve governance by involving members of the community in developmental initiatives.
The Ministry encourages setting up the Community Radio Station as it promises to provide an opportunity to the local communities to express themselves, share their views and particularly empower the women. Community Radio broadcasting has developed in response to the needs to grass root social movements, community based organization to find an accessible and affordable means to express their own issues, concerns, cultures and language, and to create an alternative to the state owned public broadcaster and to growth of private commercial media.

(Press Release, PIB, Govt of India)