Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, April 6: After a long wait, the local Doordarshan Kendra will finally be inaugurated on April 28.
Announcing this at a press conference at the Chandigarh Press Club here today, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms Sushma Swaraj, said the inauguration had been delayed because sufficient staff had not been posted at the centre yet. "I want it to be operational the next day of the inauguration," she quipped.
It may be recalled that the foundation stone of the kendra was laid by Ms Swaraj in 1998. The kendra is ready and awaiting inauguration for quite some time now.
In fact, a former MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, during whose tenure the foundation stone was laid, had issued written statements several times saying that the kendra would be inaugurated soon. In one such statement, he had stated that it would be inaugurated by Ms Swaraj in the "first week of April". ...
Chandigarh, April 6: After a long wait, the local Doordarshan Kendra will finally be inaugurated on April 28.
Announcing this at a press conference at the Chandigarh Press Club here today, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms Sushma Swaraj, said the inauguration had been delayed because sufficient staff had not been posted at the centre yet. "I want it to be operational the next day of the inauguration," she quipped.
It may be recalled that the foundation stone of the kendra was laid by Ms Swaraj in 1998. The kendra is ready and awaiting inauguration for quite some time now.
In fact, a former MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, during whose tenure the foundation stone was laid, had issued written statements several times saying that the kendra would be inaugurated soon. In one such statement, he had stated that it would be inaugurated by Ms Swaraj in the "first week of April". ...
