Smt. Priya Sethi, Hon’ble Minister of State for Education, Technical Education, Culture, Tourism, Horticulture, Floriculture and Parks, here today inaugurated the website of Radio Kashmir Jammu in Panjtirthi. Shri V.K. Sambayal, Station Director, along with other officials of the Radio Kashmir Jammu and dignitaries were present on the occasion. The URL address of the website is: www.radiokashmirjammu.com.
After inaugurating the website, Hon’ble MoS Smt. Sethi said, “Everything is well connected with technology today. Children can access data from anywhere through mobile devices. The easiness of accessibility means that we need to provide quality service with transparency.” Hon’ble MoS Smt. Sethi also said that radio has come alive in the recent years. “Our Prime Minister Modi ji started Mann in Baat on radio and made the medium come alive in the lives of people again.” Hon’ble MoS Smt. Sethi lauded the team at Radio Kashmir Jammu and said, “This is a forward-looking initiative for the people who stay out of state but want to keep in touch with their culture, tradition and heritage”. She said the Radio Kashmir Jammu has always played a vital role in the preservation and proliferation of Dogri and other local languages and with the launch of their website they will come more close to the people of the state who are spread out to the far corners of the Nation and world. Station Director Radio Kashmir Jammu in his welcome address said that This website will provide a link to the Dogras serving outside Jammu, largely in the Indian Army, and having no links with the language as Dogri is only spoken in this part of the region and Radio Kashmir Jammu is the only station that caters to the Dogri and Gojri speaking people. This initiative will also provide Radio Kashmir Jammu a global platform and reach.
Radio Kashmir Jammu has been the pivotal medium of communication on which social, cultural and other interactions have been taking place ever since its foundation in December 1947. Radio Kashmir Jammu’s website is a step towards openness and transparency. It will help connect with new audience using of mobile devices. The site has links for people seeking information on programming and advertising aspects of the station. It also carries information on the technical and cultural aspects of the station besides providing information related with many other facets to facilitate clear and transparent communication with its audience.