AIR Kashmir restarts operations after flood havoc

AIR Kashmir resumed operations through a makeshift studio at Shankaracharaya hills with the help of Army, after it went off air due to the recent J-K floods.

The floods in Jammu and Kashmir, besides causing a huge loss of life and property, also resulted in complete collapse of broadcast infrastructure.

Equipment was almost inundated in the widely popular Radio Kashmir channel, Srinagar, which had to go off air.

Taking swift and prompt action, AIR headquarters deployed additional programme and technical professionals to help restore the signal of All India Radio at Srinagar through at least the FM transmitter installed at Shankaracharya Hills, spared by flood fury.

AIR personnel, braving lack of food and water, stuck to their assignment and restored people's voice to the people of Kashmir.

Consequently, programmes like utility messages, helpline numbers and also having content offering psychological succour were broadcast.

The sister station in Jammu also rose to the occasion by continuously broadcasting appropriate programmes taking crucial information support to the listeners in the state.