A flooded All India Radio station in Dibrugarh, Assam following heavy rains.|Picture Credit: Special Arrangement
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2 days of constant rains has flooded the All India Radio (AIR) station in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh town, resulting in the suspension of all broadcast services from the studios.
A short-circuit on June 25 due to the flooding of the studios made AIR move the broadcast of programs from an emergency situation studio transmitter at Lepetkata, 18 km west of the town.
AIR Dibrugarh is among India’s 13 most sophisticated stations with high-power transmitter and has actually been relaying programmes in 12 languages and dialects– 6 in Assam and six in Arunachal Pradesh. It is also amongst the most awarded, having actually gotten 27 nationwide awards for innovative programmes.
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