Kalaburagi: The Doordarshan (DD) Kendra Gulbarga is the television station first established in Karnataka, the operation began on September 3, 1977.
But rumors from the central government reflect on the closing of the Kalaburagi residents to an anxiety.
As a result, residents concerned have launched an online campaign to preserve the station.
Given that only 20 employees worked at the station against the sanction power of 91, many citizens were afraid it could be a sign of the closure to come.
In a reply to the question at that time Rajya Sabha MP Basavaraj Patil Sedam on April 2, 2018, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had stated that there were no plans to close the transmitted high-power (HPT) in Kalaburagi.
In its response, the ministry further added that only 37 employees worked at the station against the power of sanctions from 91.
Kalyan President Karnataka Grahakara Vedike Sunil Kulkarni said that, even though there was no official statement from the center of the closing of the station, which was mass displacement of employees Triggered the anxiety of residents.
“Transfer routine procedures in all government offices, but vacancies at DD Station in Kalaburagi are not fulfilled.
This is a silent station station closed, “Kulkarni told Toi.
The founder of Kalyana Naadu Vikasa Vedike Muttanna Tonefer was nicknamed it again ‘setbacks’ to the region.
Linking the development of the apathetic attitude from selected representatives, Nagageri said, “We lost the train division, the proposed textile park was suspended, the proposal to establish AIIMS here was not realized and the district continued to be revoked from four national highway lines.
We will begin agitation demanding separate state status for the region, which has been identical to retardation since Nizam’s time.
” Residents have been brought to social media to voice their complaints about the apathy of selected representatives using the #kalaburagiorPhaned hashtag.
‘People don’t have to be taken by rumors’ Additional Director General of Doordarshan, Bengaluru has told us that he has received no official communication regarding the closure of DD Kendra Gulbarga.
Transferring and scrambling staff is a general procedure in Prasar Bharati.
We have urged information on Union and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Prasar Bharti General Director not to close the station.
We are committed to maintaining stations and studio facilities in Kalaburagi forever.
People don’t have to be taken by rumors.
– umesh jadhav | Lok Sabha MP, Kalaburagi