Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 23 2010:
Even as the 48-hour nationwide boycott observed by the employees of All India Radio and Doordarshan Kendra has started from 9 am today, all programmes went off air on Radio and DD.
The Imphal unit of the striking body claimed that the programmes of radio and doordarshan have been severely affected by the strike.
All employees of air and DDK under the banner of National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan Employees (NFADE), an umbrella organisation of 23 service associations, are agitating in connection with their single demand for repeal of Prasar Bharti Act 1990 in view of the "disastrous experience of the past 13 years" .
Due to the said agitation, the programmes of Radio and Doordarshan including Imphal units have been severely affected with effect from 9 am today, a joint statement of the ARTEE, PSA and ADTEA signed by their joint conveners said while appealing to patrons, viewers and listeners for support against undermining the two institutions.