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CHANDIGARH, July 24 — The Union Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Communications, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, today emphasised the need to provide quality entertainment to the viewers of Doordarshan without compromising the country's cultural ethos and value system.
Speaking after "bhoomi pujan" of the Chandigarh studio of Doordarshan here this afternoon, she said that lot of concern was being expressed over cultural pollution brought about by foreign channels and cable networks.
... Earlier, the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, in his address of welcome, thanked the minister for taking up the project which has been hanging fire for the past nine years. Chandigarh, he said, was perhaps the only city which is a joint capital of two states besides a union territory, in itself, which continued to be without a Doordarshan kendra.
Mr B.K. Dey, Engineer-in-Chief, Doordarshan, said that five new kendras would come up in Haryana at Karnal, Yamunanagar, Mahendragarh, Tohana and Ferozepore Jhirka in addition to nine centres already functioning in the state. ...
CHANDIGARH, July 24 — The Union Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Communications, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, today emphasised the need to provide quality entertainment to the viewers of Doordarshan without compromising the country's cultural ethos and value system.Speaking after "bhoomi pujan" of the Chandigarh studio of Doordarshan here this afternoon, she said that lot of concern was being expressed over cultural pollution brought about by foreign channels and cable networks.
... Earlier, the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, in his address of welcome, thanked the minister for taking up the project which has been hanging fire for the past nine years. Chandigarh, he said, was perhaps the only city which is a joint capital of two states besides a union territory, in itself, which continued to be without a Doordarshan kendra.
Mr B.K. Dey, Engineer-in-Chief, Doordarshan, said that five new kendras would come up in Haryana at Karnal, Yamunanagar, Mahendragarh, Tohana and Ferozepore Jhirka in addition to nine centres already functioning in the state. ...
