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Title: Need to set up additional LPT centres in Keonjhar Parliamentary Constituency and also upgrade the existing All India Radio Station . â Laid.
(KEONJHAR) : The people of my Parliamentary Constituency Keonjhar are not getting adequate Doordarshan and radio coverage at present. From Keonjhargarh the Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar and All India Radio Station, Cuttack are 210 and 180 kilometres away respectively. The LPT Centre and AIR Station set up at Keonjhargarh are not able to cater to the need of the entire district. The Radio and Television are the most powerful electronic media to educate the people on the plans and programmes that are being implemented by the Government for them. The people of the backward district, which is predominantly inhabited by tribals, are deprived of the facilities of these most powerful electronic media.
I request the Government to set up the LPT Centre at Ghatgaon, Dhenkikot, Patna, Telkoi and Champua without any further delay. At the same time, I request for the upgradation of All India Radio Station at Keojhargarh to 20 KW at the earliest.