Every house in Panmana Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala wakes up to the tune of radio, as the early sign of a new day sets in. Shri. Karukatala Ismail, Chairman, Standing Committee initiated this unique idea of turning the Panmana Gram Panchayat into Radio Gramam. He gifted radio sets to those people who don’t own a radio in the Panmana Gramam and that too he bought it from his own savings. The motive for his novel action was to strongly bring back the first ever medium i.e. Radio, which emanated news and informative services to the common people. Earlier in this Panchayat, radio sets were distributed to the Anganwadi’s with a motive to put to sleep children’s by listening to the songs.
The inaugural function was held in Panmana Chittoor U. P. School and the function was inaugurated by the local M.L.A. Shri. N. Vijayan Pillai. Panchayat Vice President Shri.J. Anil presided over the function and Shri. Muraleedharan Thazakkara, Programme Executive, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram spoke on this occasion and inaugurated the distribution of Radio Sets. Karunagapally M.F.M. Radio Executive Director Shri. Anil Muhammed, Panchayat Secretary Ashraf Khan, Cochin Corporation Retd. Chief Engineer Shri. D. Baburaj and people representatives Shri. Anil Bharatan, Smt. Umadevi, Shri. Naseemuddin, Ward Development Committee Convenor Shri. Ramachandran also spoke on this occasion.
Source : The above news and photo was published in Deshabhimani Daily Newspaper in Kollam Edition on 07.09.2017
Prepared & Forwarded by : Vinod Kumar, Stenographer Gr.I