Doordarshan mulls expansion in Chhattisgarh's red zone

Plans to set up medium wave transmitter in DD Kendra of Jagdalpur, the divisional HQ of Bastar

The country’s official broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) plans to widen its telecast coverage in the Naxal-infested pocket of Chhattisgarh.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu today announced plans to set up a high-power medium wave transmitter in the DD Kendra of Jagdalpur, the divisional headquarters of Bastar. The transmitter would be set up at a cost of Rs 5 crore and would cover a major part of Bastar, which is notorious for Naxal violence.

The DD Jagdalpur Kendra came into being in 1992. The capacity of the transmitter, at 1 kilowatt (kW), confines telecast in and around