GOVERNMENT OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1457 ANSWERED ON:01.12.2005 TV STATIONS IN TRIBAL AREAS Athawale Shri Ramdas

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Television Relay Stations installed in the country, particularly in the Tribal areas as on date, place-wise;

(b) the expenditure incurred on these Relay Stations during each of the last three years;

(c) the number of Relay Stations out of them are not functioning properly; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to improve their functioning? Answer

THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI P. R. DASMUNSI)

(a) : It has been informed by Prasar Bharati that of the 1404 transmitters of network in the country, 429 transmitters are located in Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) districts. The State-wise locations of these transmitters are contained in Annexure.

(b) : Expenditure incurred on transmitter projects during the last three years is as under :

Financial Year Expenditure (Rs. in crore) 2002-03 177.37 2003-04 65.38 2004-05 45.81

(c) : The performance of transmitters in Doordarshan network is generally satisfactory. Forty-nine Low Power Transmitters (LPTs) are presently giving limited transmission due to non-availability of adequate staff and ten other Very Low Power Transmitters (VLPTs) are non-functional due to faults in equipment, thefts etc.

(d) : All out efforts are made by Doordarshan to provide interruption-free transmission and attend to the faults promptly. In case of VLPTs, it takes some time to attend to the faults as these are unmanned installations and the staff has to be rushed from a nearby Maintenance Centre.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA USQ NO. 1457 FOR 1.12.2005 Doordarshan Transmitters Located in Tribal Sub-Plan District STATE Transmitters A&N ISLANDS LPT CAR NICOBAR VLPT CAMPBEL BAY VLPT GREAT NICOBAR VLPT KATCHAL VLPT NANCOWRY ANDHRA PRADESH HPT RAJAMUNDARY HPT RAJAMUNDARY (DD News) HPT VISAKHAPATANA HPT VISAKHAPATANAM (DD News) HPT WARANGAL LPT ADILABAD LPT AMALAPURAM LPT BELAMPALLY LPT BHADRACHALAM LPT BHAINSA LPT BHEEMADOLU LPT BHEEMAVARAM LPT BOBBILI LPT KAKINADA LPT KAKINADA (DD News) LPT KHAMMAM LPT KOTHAGUDAM LPT MANDASSA LPT NIRMAL LPT SIRPUR LPT SRIKAKULAM LPT TEKKALI LPT TUNI LPT VISAKHAPATANAM LPT VISAKHAPATANAM (DD News) LPT YELLANDU VLPT CHINTAPALLI (RLS) VLPT ICCHAPURAM (RLS) VLPT PADERU (RLS) VLPT PARWATIPURAM (RLS) VLPT SEETAMPETTA (RLS) ASSAM HPT DIBRUGARH HPT GUWAHATI HPT GUWAHATI (DD News) HPT SILCHAR HPT SILCHAR (DD News) LPT BOKAKHAT LPT BONGAIGAON LPT DHUBRI LPT DIBRUGARH (DD News) LPT GOALPARA LPT GOHPUR LPT GOLAGHAT LPT HATSINGHIMARI LPT JORHAT LPT KOKRAJHAR LPT MARGHERITA LPT NAZIRA LPT NORTH LAKHIMPUR LPT SONARI LPT TEZPUR LPT TINSUKIA VLPT DIGBOI Xser GUWAHATI CHHATISGARH HPT AMBIKAPUR HPT JAGDALPUR HPT RAIPUR HPT RAIPUR (DD News) LPT BAILADILLA LPT BILASPUR LPT CHAMPA LPT DUNGARGARH LPT KANKER LPT KHAROD LPT KONTA LPT KORBA LPT KURASIA LPT MANINDERGARH LPT NARAYANPUR LPT PANDARIA LPT PENDRA ROAD LPT RAIGARH LPT RAJHARA JHARANDILI LPT SAKTI VLPT BIJAPUR VLPT DEVBHOG VLPT JASHPURNAGAR VLPT KONDAGAON VLPT KOYLIBEDA VLPT PAKHANJORE VLPT PATHALGAON VLPT SARANGARH DAMAN & DIU LPT DAMAN GUJARAT HPT SURAT HPT SURAT (DD News) (int.) LPT AHWA LPT AMBAJI LPT AMOD LPT BHABBAR LPT BHARUCH LPT CHHOTA UDAIPUR LPT DEDIAPARA LPT DEESA LPT DEVGADH-BARIA LPT DHARAMPUR LPT DOHAD LPT GODHARA LPT IDER LPT JHAGADIA LPT KEVADIA COLONY LPT LUNAWADA LPT MANGROL (Surat) LPT MODASA LPT PALANPUR LPT RAJPIPLA LPT SANJELI LPT SHAMLAJI LPT SONGARH LPT THARAD LPT UMARGAON LPT VADODARA LPT VADODARA (DD News) LPT VALSAD LPT VERAVAL VLPT KAKRAPAR (RLS) VLPT NETRANG (RLS) VLPT SAGWARA (RLS) HIMACHAL PRADESH VLPT BHARMOUR VLPT CHAMBA VLPT CHAURI KHAS VLPT DALHAUSI VLPT HOLI VLPT JAHALMA VLPT KAJA VLPT KALPA VLPT KEYLONG VLPT NICHAR VLPT TISSA VLPT UDAIPUR JHARKHAND HPT DALTONGANJ HPT JAMSHEDPUR HPT JAMSHEDPUR (DD News) HPT RANCHI HPT RANCHI (DD News) LPT BARHARWA LPT CHAIBASA LPT DUMKA LPT GHATSHILA LPT GODDA LPT GUMLA LPT LOHARDAGA LPT MUSHABANI LPT NOAMUNDY LPT SARAIKELA VLPT GARHWA (DD News) VLPT SIMDEGA KARNATAKA HPT MANGALORE HPT MYSORE HPT MYSORE (DD News) LPT BANTWAL LPT BELTHANGADI LPT CHIKMAGALUR LPT KOPPA LPT MEDIKERI LPT MUDIGERE LPT PUTTUR LPT UDIPI VLPT SRINGERI (RLS) VLPT SULYA (RLS) KERALA HPT CANNANORE (int.) HPT TRIVANDRUM HPT TRIVANDRUM (DD News) LPT ATTAPPADI LPT CANNANORE (DD News) LPT CHANGANACHERRY LPT IDUKKI LPT KALPETTA LPT MALAPPURAM LPT MANJERI LPT PALA LPT PALGHAT LPT SHORANUR LPT TELLICHERRY LPT THODUPUZHA VLPT DEVIKOLAM (RLS) VLPT ERATTUPETTA (RLS) VLPT KANJIRAPALLI (RLS) VLPT MUNDAKAYAM (RLS) MADHYA PRADESH HPT JABALPUR HPT JABALPUR (DD News) HPT SHAHDOL LPT ALIRAJPUR LPT BADWANI LPT BALAGHAT LPT BETUL LPT BIJAIPUR LPT BURHANPUR LPT CHHINDWARA LPT HARDA LPT ITARSI LPT JAORA LPT JHABUA LPT KELARAS LPT KHANDWA LPT KHARGAON LPT KUKSHI LPT LAKHNADON LPT MALANJKHAND LPT MANDLA LPT MULTAI LPT MURWARA LPT PANCHMARHI LPT PIPARIA LPT RATLAM LPT SEONI LPT SHEOPUR LPT SIDHI LPT SINDHWA LPT SINGRAULI VLPT ALOT VLPT PARASIA VLPT SINGRAULI MAHARASHTRA HPT CHANDRAPUR HPT JALGAON (int.) HPT PUNE HPT PUNE (DD News) LPT ACHALPUR LPT AHERI LPT AHMEDNAGAR LPT AMALNER LPT AMRAVATI LPT AMRAVATI (DD News) LPT BADLAPUR LPT BHAMRAGAD LPT BHUSAWAL LPT BRAHMAPURI LPT CHANDUR LPT DARYAPUR LPT DHADGAON LPT DHARMABAD LPT DHULE LPT DHULE (DD News) LPT DIGLUR LPT GARHCHIROLI LPT KINWAT LPT MALEGAON LPT MALEGAON (DD News) LPT MANMAD LPT MORSHI LPT NANDED LPT NANDED (DD News) LPT NANDURBAR LPT NASHIK LPT NASHIK (DD News) LPT NAVAPUR LPT PANDHARKAWADA LPT PUSAD LPT RAVER LPT SANGAMNER LPT SATANA LPT SHAHAD LPT SHIRDI LPT SHIRPUR LPT SIRONCHA LPT UMARKHED LPT WANI LPT YAVATMAL VLPT BHOKAR (RLS) VLPT CHIKALDHARA (RLS) VLPT CHIMUR (RLS) VLPT JUNNAR (RLS) VLPT KURKHERA (RLS) VLPT PIMPALNER-SAKRI (RLS) VLPT SINDEWAHI (RLS) VLPT TIVSA (RLS) MANIPUR HPT CHURACHANDPUR LPT UKHRUL VLPT CHANDEL VLPT KANGPOKPI VLPT MOREH VLPT SENAPATI ORISSA HPT BALESHWAR HPT BERHAMPUR HPT BHAWANIPATNA HPT SAMBALPUR HPT SAMBALPUR (DD News) LPT ANANDPUR LPT BALESHWAR (DD News) LPT BALIAPAL (DD News) LPT BALIGURHA LPT BARGARH LPT BARIPADA LPT BHADRAK LPT BHANJANAGAR LPT BIRMITRAPUR LPT BONAI LPT BOUDH LPT BRAJRAJNAGAR LPT CHIKITI LPT DEOGARH LPT G.UDAIGIRI LPT JEYPORE LPT JODA LPT KABISURYANAGAR LPT KARANJIA LPT KEONJHARGARH LPT KHARIAR LPT KORAPUT LPT KOTPAD LPT KUCHINDA LPT MALKANGIRI LPT MOHANA LPT NAVARANGPUR LPT NUAPARA LPT PADAMPUR LPT PADMAPURAM LPT PADUA LPT PARLAKHEMUNDI LPT PHULBANI LPT RAIRANGPUR LPT RAJGANGPUR LPT RAYAGADA LPT REDHAKHOL LPT ROURKELA LPT SIMLIGUDA LPT SOHELA LPT SUNDERGARH LPT UMARKOT LPT BADA BARBIL VLPT CHITRAKONDA (RLS) VLPT JAYAPATNA VLPT KALAMPUR (RLS) VLPT KASHIPUR (RLS) VLPT KOKSARA VLPT LANJIGARH (RLS) VLPT MACHHKUND (RLS) VLPT PAIKAMAL (RLS) VLPT ROURKELA (DD News) VLPT SIMLIPALGARH (RLS) VLPT SUBDEGA (RLS) VLPT THUAMAL RAMPUR Xser SUNABEDA RAJASTHAN LPT BANSI (DD News) LPT BANSWARA LPT BARI SADRI LPT CHITTAURGARH LPT DUNGARPUR LPT KESRIAJI LPT KUSHALGARH LPT MT. ABU LPT NATHDWARA LPT PRATAPGARH LPT RAWATSAR LPT SAGWARA LPT SALUMBER LPT SIROHI LPT UDAIPUR LPT UDAIPUR (DD News) LPT VALLABHNAGAR VLPT AMET VLPT BHIM VLPT DEOGARH VLPT KOTRA VLPT KUMBHALGARH VLPT RAWATBHATA SIKKIM HPT GANGTOK HPT GANGTOK (DD News) VLPT GYALSHING VLPT MANGAN VLPT NAMCHI VLPT RANGPO VLPT SINGTAM VLPT ZORETHANG TAMILNADU LPT AMBUR LPT ARANI LPT ARCOT LPT ATTUR LPT CHEYYAR LPT CHIDAMBARAM LPT CUDDALORE LPT DENKANIKOTTA LPT DHARMAPURI LPT GUDIYATAM LPT KALLAKURUCHI LPT KRISHNAGIRI LPT NEYVELI LPT PERANAMPET LPT SALEM LPT SALEM (DD News) LPT TINDIVANAM LPT TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI LPT TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI (DD News) LPT TIRUPATTUR LPT TIRUPATTUR (DD News) LPT VANIYAMBADI LPT VELLORE LPT VELLORE (DD News) LPT VILLUPURAM VLPT GINGEE (RLS) VLPT VAZAPADI (RLS) TRIPURA HPT AGARTALA HPT AGARTALA (DD News) LPT AMARPUR LPT JOLAIBARI LPT KAILASAHAR LPT KAILASAHAR (DD News) LPT TELIAMURA VLPT DHARMANAGAR Xser BELLONIA UTTAR PRADESH HPT LAKHIMPUR WEST BENGAL HPT ASANSOL HPT ASANSOL (DD News) HPT BALURGHAT (int.) HPT KHARAGPUR (int.) HPT KURSEONG HPT MURSHIDABAD HPT MURSHIDABAD (DD News) HPT SHANTINIKETAN LPT ALIPURDUAR LPT BAGHMANDI LPT BALRAMPUR LPT BARDHAMAN LPT BASANTI (DD News) LPT BISHNUPUR LPT CONTAI LPT DARJILING LPT FARAKKA LPT GARHBETA LPT JHALDA LPT JHARGRAM LPT KALIMPONG LPT KALNA LPT MALDAH LPT MEDINIPUR LPT PURULIYA LPT RAYNA LPT SHANTINIKETAN (DD News) VLPT EGRA (RLS)