GOVERNMENT OF INDIA INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1037 ANSWERED ON:28.07.2000 SETTING UP OF T.V. TRANSMITTERS IN THE COUNTRY MOHAMMED SHAHABUDDIN Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government have taken a decision to set up T.V. transmitters in the various parts of the country; (b) if so, the names of the places where these transmitters are to be installed, State-wise; (c) whether the Government have received any representations for the installation of a high power T.V. transmitter in the Siwan Parliamentary Constituency; (d) if so, by when this transmitter is likely to be installed; and (e) if not, the reasons therefor? Answer THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATAIONND BROADCASTING AND MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY) (a): Yes, Sir. (b): At present, 255 transmitter projects are at various stages of implementation. State-wise locations of these transmitters are given in the Annexure. (c): Yes, Sir. (d) & (e): There is no scheme to set up a high power transmitter at Siwan. However, the present low power transmitter of 100 watts is envisaged to be replaced by a 500 watts transmitter during 2001, with a view to strengthen Doordarshan coverage in and around Siwan. ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1037 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/07/2000 DOORDARSHAN TRANSMITTERS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION AS ON 25/07/2000 State/Union Territory Location Andhra Pradesh HPTs Rajahmundry Warangal Vijayawada (DD-2) LPTs Kandukur Machilipatnam Miryalaguda Madgula Pasra Pedapalli Pulamaner Punganur Sirisilla Sirpur Udaigiri Vemalvada Zahirabad VLPTs Duttalur Kanigiri Madipardu Arunachal Pradesh VLPTs Sangram Etalin Deomali Tuting Assam HPTs Silchar (DD-2) Transposer Guwahati Bihar HPTs Jamshedpur Patna (DD-2) Ranchi (DD-2) Muzaffarpur (DD-2) LPTs Kishanganj Chatra Ramnagar Jamshedpur (DD-2) Dhanbad (DD-2) VLPT Ramgarh Hill Goa HPT Panaji (DD-2) Gujarat HPTs Surat Vadodara LPTs Vadodara (DD-2) Surat (DD-2) Rajkot (DD-2) Haryana LPT Bhiwani (DD-2) Himachal Pradesh HPT Shimla (DD-2) LPT Mandi (DD-2) VLPTs Awah Devi Bijli Mahadev Dalhausi Jhatingiri Kaja Nehri Tissa Jammu & Kashmir HPTs Kupwara Kupwara (DD-2) Naushera Naushera (DD-2) Gurez Gurez (DD-2) Tithwal Tithwal (DD-2) Ranbirsingh Pura/ Samba (DD-2) Poonch (DD-2) LPTs Udhampur Mobile LPTs - 12 Nos VLPTs Abran Ashmuqam Banihal Basoli Batalik Befliaz Bodh Khurboo Boniyar Chumathang Dah Darhal Dhar Domchuk Gandoh Gool Gulabgarh Gulmarg Handle Hira Nagar Hot Spring Ichar Kangan Keran Khatai Khrew Kotranka Lati Lingshed Lolab Valley Loran Machil Mahore Mandi Manjkot Mansur Mendhar Nowgam Panamik Pestha Poni Pulwama Ramkot Ramnagar Ringdom Gompa Shopian Sonmarg Sunderbani Tangmarg Tatapani Thathri Tilel Tral Tregam Turtok Yusmarg Zangla Karnataka HPTs Hassan Mangalore Mysore Raichur LPTs Jamkhandi Mudhol Talikota Indi Belthangadi Koppa Mundargi Sindhnur Mysore (DD-2) VLPTs Kudligi Huvin Hippargi Kerala HPTs Calicut Cannanore Cochin (DD-2) Trivandrum (DD-2) LPTs Kottarakkara Manjeri VLPTs Eratupetta Mundakkayam Madhya Pradesh HPTs Ambikapur Guna Shahdol Bhopal (DD-2) Indore (DD-2) Jabalpur (DD-2) LPTs Agar Barely Champa Kharod Konta Lakhnadon Pandaria Sindhwa VLPTs Pathalgaon Alot Maharashtra HPTs Chandrapur Jalgaon Ratnagiri Nagpur (DD-2) LPTs Bhamragad Daryapur Dhadgaon Raver Nasik (DD-2) Sholapur (DD-2) VLPTs Ambet Sakoli Manipur HPT Churachandpur Mizoram LPT Lawngtlai Nagaland Transposer Bara Basti Orissa HPTs Berhampur Sambalpur Sambalpur (DD-2) LPTs Chikti Tushara Baleshwar (DD-2) Punjab HPT Fazilka Amritsar (Augmentation) Amritsar (DD-2) Rajasthan HPTs Ajmer Barmer Jaipur (DD-2) Jodhpur (DD-2) LPTs Bhinmal Kishnagarh (Ajmer) Nasirabad Vijaynagar Pirawa Sanchor Sojat Ajmer (DD-2) Bikaner (DD-2) VLPT Tibi Sikkim VLPT Zorethang Tamil Nadu HPT Kumbakonam LPTs Ambasamdram Ambur Erode Kallakurchi Palani Pollachi Trichy (DD-2) Coimbatore (DD-2) Tripura HPT Agartala (DD-2) LPTs Amarpur Ambasa Jolaibari Uttar Pradesh HPTs Banda Lakhimpur Agra (DD-2) Allahabad (DD-2) Lucknow (DD-2) Varanasi (DD-2) Gorakhpur (DD-2) LPTs Bidhuna Dhunaghat Gopeshwar Khetikhan Kosi Narora Bareilly (DD-2) Aligarh (DD-2) Jhansi (DD-2) VLPTs Badrinath Chamoli Dugadda Kedarnath Manila Aroli Transposer Mussorie (DD-2) West Bengal HPTs Balurghat Kharagpur Krishnanagar Shantiniketan Asansol (DD-2) Murshidabad (DD-2) LPTs Jhalda Pondicherry HPT (Pondicherry).