Question : LPT BALIAPAL

(a) whether the Government are aware that the LPT at Baliapal, Orissa is lying redundant after inauguration of the HPT at Balasore in Orissa;

(b) if so, whether there is any proposal to transmit DD2 from Baliapal LPT: and

(c) if so, the time by which the DD2 proposed to be telecast from Baliapal?

THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING AND MINISTER OF STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DISINVESTMENT

(SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b): Yes, Sir.

(c ): Telecast of DD-2 service from LPT, Baliapal is expected to commence by the middle of the current year.