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GOA HIT-RAKAHN MANCH S-16, 2nd Floor, Casa Dos Alia Dos, Abade Faria Road, Margao, Goa 403 601 --------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE Mr Chandrakant Barve, Station Director of Goa Doordarshan, apologised in writing for a direct relay of a Maharashtra-based programme by cancelling Goa slot and has assured not to repeat such mistake in future. Around 40 activists of Goa Hit-Rakhan Manch today stormed the Goa Doordarshan office and gheraod Mr Barve, protesting against showing Maharashtra programmes during Konkani and Marathi slots allotted to Goa. The Goa DD had shown live telecast of All India Marathi Literary Conference held at Karhad in Maharashtra on 10 January, at the cost of Konkani slot allotted to the local centre. The GHM was also irked over telecasting Maharashtra's Marathi programmes during the Marathi slot, rather than showing programmes of Goan artists performing in Marathi. The activists entered Mr Barve's chamber today evening, breaking security cordon, by shouting slogans against the DD Director and demanding a full-fledged station for Goa. They argued for over 30 minutes with Mr Barve and warned him that the GHM will not tolerate any step-motherly treatment meted out to Goa and Goan artists, at the cost of Maharashtra or any other state. The GHM also protested against not showing any such live telecasts of major cultural or literary events taking place in Goa, which are organised by Goans and giving step-motherly treatment to the state's sole official language Konkani instead of promoting it. Accordingly, Mr Barve assured to telecast such Goan events in future by sending his team to the respective venues. The agitators however refused his proposal to show Konkani programmes by cancelling the Marathi slot meant for Goa. He later agreed to show such Goan programmes in detail during the time, which is otherwise given for the channels like Sahyadri of Maharashtra. Prashant Naik Spokesperson 13 January 2003 ------------------------------------------ PRASHANTI TALPANKAR Lecturer & Writer Off : V N S Bandekar College Assagao, Mapusa, Goa Ph : 268488 Res: D-13-A, Govt. Quarters Altinho, Panaji GOA 403 001 e-mail : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------
