Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 16: Expressing anguish over the pathetic economic conditions of the local artists of Doordarshan, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has urged the Government to immediately come to the rescue of these important members of the society and solve their livelihood issues.
In a statement issued today, Tarigami said scores of local artists, who were associated with Kashir Channel of Doordarshan are without any means of livelihood since 2013 after the authorities stopped the production of fresh content for the channel.
Saying that these artists, including freelance producers, directors, actors, singers and other persons affiliated with the productions and affiliated with Kashir Channel for decades, have been left high and dry because Prasar Bharti is not producing new Kashmiri programmes, he asked what is the purpose of this channel when it is not allowing productions in Kashmiri ?
“There are hundreds of artists whose families were solely dependent on the production work at the Kashir Channel. All these years, they managed to run their families with some savings which too have now been exhausted and they have no other source of income,” he said, asking the LG administration to take immediate steps and save the artists from starvation.
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