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Community Radio Stations Planned In Madhya Pradesh
Saturday July 30, 2011 09:52:46 PM,
Pervez Bari, ummid.com
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Bhopal:
Close on the heels of launch of a Bhili community radio, the first
ever anywhere in the world, at Bhabhara in Alirajpur district in
central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on July 30 last, now plan
for setting up nine other tribal community radio stations is on
the anvil.
There is a plan to set up as many as 110 community radio stations
in all the tribal blocks of the Madhya Pradesh state. The
soon-to-be-launched nine radio stations are meant for areas
predominantly inhabited by Baiga, Korku, Saharia, Gond and Bharia
tribal communities.
It may be recalled here that the state Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan dedicated the first community radio station at
Bhabhara, the birth place of Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad on the
latter’s birth anniversary, July 30. This initiative has been
taken by Vanya, an undertaking of the state’s Tribal Development
Department.
As per the information available in this regard, these nine
stations are to be set up at Baiga dominated Chada (district
Dindori) and Baihar (district Balaghat); Korku dominated
Khalwa(district Khandwa); Gond dominated Chicholi (district Betul);
Bhil dominated Nalachha (district Dhar); Meghnagar (district
Jhabua); Umari (district Guna); Sahararia dominated Sesaipura
(district Sheopur); Bharia dominated Bijauri (district Chhindwara).
Of these, the stations at Sesaipura, Khalwa, Nalacha and Chicholi
are ready.
All these centres would broadcast programmes in the main tribal
dialect of the area as well as some programmes in Hindi that is
spoken in day-to-day life by the local community.
The Bhabhara radio covers a radius of 15 to 20 kilometer. At
present programmes of two-hour duration are aired each in the
morning and evening. Efforts are on to extend the period to five
hours each.
It may be mentioned here that over 46 tribal communities reside in
Madhya Pradesh. The population of Bhil community is 37.7 per cent
of total tribal population. The second largest tribal community is
Gond. There are three primitive tribes i.e. Baiga, Saharia and
Bharia. Kol, Korku, Saharia, Bharia are some other major tribal
communities. The tribals constitute 21 per cent of Madhya Pradesh
state’s population.
(pervezbari@eth.net)
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