(a) the numbers and names of Radio Centres are functioning in Orissa at
present;
(b) the names of places, identified for setting up of new Radio Centres in the
State during the next financial year;
(c) whether the Government decided to make the Soro Radio Centre
functional in the near future;
(d) if so, the time by which the said centre to be functional?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): At present there are 11 Radio Centres at Cuttack, Jeypore, Sambalpore, Keonjhar,
Baripada, Berhampur, Bolangir, Bhawanipatna, Rourkela, Puri and Joranda, functioning
in the State of Orissa.
(b): 4 (Four) New Radio Centres of AIR at Bhubaneswar, Deogarh, Raygada and
Rairangapur, have been proposed during the 10th Five Year Plan.
(c) & (d) : The Radio Station at Soro will be functional as soon as the staff is available
for which efforts are being made.