Radio Sharda, J-K bags two community radio awards

NEW DELHI: Radio Sharda, Jammu and Kashmir, a community radio service operating from Jammu won two awards at the National Awards for Community Radio, with its operator saying that programmes are being transmitted uninterrupted there, but people in the valley have no access to it currently.

Ramesh Hingloo, the founder of the radio service, said that it was started 10 years ago to preserve the culture of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits. It is available online and is popular in the valley, as well as in 104 other countries, he said. (AGENCIES)