Source: The Indian Express | Written by Sweta Dutta 2
Jaipur | January 16, 2014
Robbing Peter to pay Paul, All India Radio has hurriedly shifted an FM transmitter meant for Ajmer to Amethi instead. Amethi in UP is Rahul Gandhi's constituency while Ajmer in Rajasthan is represented by Sachin Pilot. The Congress may have rewarded Ajmer by making Pilot the Rajasthan unit chief, but the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's denial of the gift the city was expecting has upset the cultural circuit, while the BJP-led government is crying foul.
Of the 22 new centres nationwide slated to get an AIR FM radio station over the next one year, Ajmer's project was close to completion. Officials said a transmitter had already reached Ajmer and was awaiting installation before it was shifted to Amethi in a last-minute decision. Ajmer, home to a popular Sufi shrine and a major tourist hub, had been awaiting a local radio station for years now. Last July, the central government announced several projects for Amethi including the AIR FM radio station at an investment of Rs 10.50 crore. "The infrastructure facilities at Ajmer are still under implementation. However the infrastructure at Amethi is already available," R K Budhraja, engineer-in-chief (AIR), told The Indian Express. Therefore,..............
Read more at http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/air-transmits-fm-out-of-pilots-home-to-rahuls/#.Utd7odIW0b0
Robbing Peter to pay Paul, All India Radio has hurriedly shifted an FM transmitter meant for Ajmer to Amethi instead. Amethi in UP is Rahul Gandhi's constituency while Ajmer in Rajasthan is represented by Sachin Pilot. The Congress may have rewarded Ajmer by making Pilot the Rajasthan unit chief, but the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's denial of the gift the city was expecting has upset the cultural circuit, while the BJP-led government is crying foul.
Of the 22 new centres nationwide slated to get an AIR FM radio station over the next one year, Ajmer's project was close to completion. Officials said a transmitter had already reached Ajmer and was awaiting installation before it was shifted to Amethi in a last-minute decision. Ajmer, home to a popular Sufi shrine and a major tourist hub, had been awaiting a local radio station for years now. Last July, the central government announced several projects for Amethi including the AIR FM radio station at an investment of Rs 10.50 crore. "The infrastructure facilities at Ajmer are still under implementation. However the infrastructure at Amethi is already available," R K Budhraja, engineer-in-chief (AIR), told The Indian Express. Therefore,..............
Read more at http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/air-transmits-fm-out-of-pilots-home-to-rahuls/#.Utd7odIW0b0
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