Tilonia (Rajasthan), Mar.2 (ANI): A community radio station in Rajasthan has contributed towards the development of rural women in Tilonia by educating them about banking, child health and government policies among other issues.
The radio station has imparted knowledge of new technologies to the villagers, to help them improve their earnings and increase development.
The Tilonia community radio station was started in November 2009, and has a frequency range, which is effective over a 15-kilometre radius covering around 30 villages and 50,000 people.
Ratan Devi, programming head and announcer of the radio station, said: " The concept of community radio in Tilonia is to give information to the local people in their native language, so that they easily understand things."
" It is the people's radio and they decide what kind of information they want. They should come here and talk to us, and inform us about the issues they want to know so that we can impart knowledge in a better way," she added.
Dabu Devi, a native woman, said: " It is for our benefit. We can get information about the amendments in employment opportunities. The women in the village are illiterate, but by listening to the radio programmes they get information about employment opportunities and understand their rights and don't get cheated by anyone. We are really benefited; we also get the news when there is an increment in the daily wages."
Local women are also invited to the radio station to take part in discussions and perform.
The programmes are targeted at women and are based on developmental, agricultural, health, educational, cultural, environmental, social welfare and other community development issues. (ANI)
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