DD set up 131 new transmitters during Tenth Plan

for Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Date - 18-03-2008


Lok Sabha 

Doordarshan had targeted establishment of 160 new transmitters(HPTs/LPTs/VLPTs) under Tenth Five Year Plan. Out of these,131 transmitters were set up during the plan period. State wise details are as under:

 

 Sl. No.

State / UT

No. of new Transmitters  targeted

No. of new Transmitters  set up

1

A&N Islands

19

3

2

Andhra Pradesh

10

9

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

4

Assam

2

1

5

Bihar

6

5

6

Chhattisgarh

3

2

7

Gujarat

6

6

8

Haryana

6

6

9

Himachal Pradesh

5

4

10

Jammu & Kashmir

31

31

11

Jharkhand

2

2

12

Karnataka

9

9

13

Kerala

4

4

14

Lakshadweep

6

-

15

Madhya Pradesh

2

1

16

Maharashtra

13

13

17

Manipur

1

1

18

Meghalaya

2

2

19

Mizoram

1

1

20

Nagaland

1

1

21

Orissa

1

1

22

Punjab

1

1

23

Rajasthan

5

4

24

Sikkim

2

2

25

Tamil Nadu

9

9

26

Tripura

1

1

27

Uttar Pradesh

3

3

28

Uttarakhand

6

6

29

West Bengal

2

2

 

Total

160

131

 

This information was given by Shri P.R. Dasmunsi, Minister for Information and Broadcasting & Parliamentary Affairs in a written reply to a question in the Parliament today.

RS/

 


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