Kalpakkam to get community radio station

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent | Chennai
Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu), which is all set to emerge as the energy hub of South India, will soon get a community radio station. This was announced by Dr Baldev Raj, Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR).

Raj said that with government of India easing the norms for community radio stations, the population in Kalpakkam, which houses the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Fast Breeder Reactor, will be served by the local radio station.

This radio station, according to Dr Raj would help the community, consisting of thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians and related professionals, to interact between each other and strengthen their relationship, apart from being using it during natural calamities.

Later, addressing the engineers, scientists and their families, Dr Raj said that the GSO had been facilitating the provision of uninterrupted power supply and water throughout the year, which was a commendable job.

Sathyabhama University chancellor Dr Jeppiaar, the chief guest of the function, said that there were three revolutions in the country, the green revolution, the white revolution and the science and technology revolution. ''The Department of Atomic Energy and GSO are now bringing about the third revolution, which the country is much in need of. So we need to praise them for this and cooperate with them in continuing it forever,'' he said.

Founder and chairman of Exnora International M. B. Nirmal urged the residents of Anupuram, the township of the Kalpakkam facility, to make their campus more greener by segregating non degradable and degradable waste. ''Everybody should think at it is their responsibility to save the environment for the future generations,'' he said.