27th Feb.2011
GOVERNMENT APPOINTS OFFICER TO OPERATIONALIZE KONKANI BULLETIN ON DOORDASHAN
Goa’s demand of Regional news bulletin on Panaji Doordarshan, which
was being side-tracked on account of adamant attitude of the Managing
Director of Doordarshan Shri B.S. Lali, (presently under suspension),
now appears to be out of woods, which is clear from the letter dt
23rd Feb. 2011, received by Shri Shantaram Naik M.P. from Mrs Amika
Soni, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
According to Mrs Soni, the Government has decided to transfer/post Miss
Maria Ermelinda Dias, presently working as Director(news), Doordarshan
News , New Delhi as Director of Public Information Bureau, Panaji , who
has been given additional charge of “operationalizing” the Konkani
bulletin in the Regional News Unit of Doordarshan Kendra, Panaji in
addition to her own duties as Director of PIB.
“I hope with this ,your long pending demand for a Konkani language
bulletin from DDK, Panaji will be fulfilled” Mrs Soni says in her letter
to Mr Naik.
In a statement issued today from New Delhi Mr Naik says that former
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting had clearly assured
Goans that a Konkanni bulleting would be started from Doordarsan,
Panaji, soon but later on, in a reply to his unstarred question in
the Rajya Sabha on 23/11/2009, Mrs Soni stated that, “Prasar Bharati
have informed that there is no proposal with them to telecast the
regional news bulletin from Doordarshan Kendra, Panaji, Goa”.
Mr Naik said that although Mrs Soni was very much in favour of the
demand, since Prasar Bharati was an autonomous body she could not do
much in to the approach taken by the M.D. of Prasar Bharati.
Mr Naik said, however, he continued his efforts towards getting Goa a
news-bulleting and that he was confident of becoming successful just
as he has succeeded in getting Programe Generating facilitity for Panaji
Doordashan, 20 years back and full-fledged studio , four years back.
Mr Naik said that the demand has to be carried forward till the Konkani
bulletin becomes a reality.
SHANTARAM NAIK
