After imposing ban on airing of Pakistani television channels in occupied Kashmir, Government of India is contemplating to block the signals of all Pakistan and Muzaffarabad based radio stations in Poonch and Rajouri districts of occupied territory.
Puppet authoritative told mediamen that the Indian Defence Ministry has directed All India Radio (AIR) to block all Pakistan and Muzaffarabad based radio signals in Poonch and Rajouri, KMS reported.
"Defence Ministry has passed on strict directions to AIR and intelligence agencies to make sure that the radio signals along the Line of Control (LoC) are blocked. Orders in this regard have been issued with the instructions that immediate steps should be taken to implement these orders," the sources added.
"A five member team of top AIR and intelligence officials landed in Poonch and Rajouri last week to take stock of the situation," authorities said, adding, "Though the team gave the impression to the district administration that they were here to strengthen AIR signals but they had arrived with the intention of locating nine points near LoC where they will erect the towers to disrupt the Pakistani radio signals. As the team visited Behram Gala and Pirbadesar areas and identified the locations."
"Pakistan Radio, Mirpur FM and Tralkhal FM of Muzaffarabad are the most popular radio stations in both these districts and about 80 percent of the populace listens to the programmes aired by these stations," said a local Fareed Khan.
Khan said that Hayya Allal Falah and Soutul Quran aired by Radio Pakistan are the most listened programmes in the area. "These radio stations are popular as most of the programmes are aired in local languages Pahari and Gojri," he added.
Experts said that if Government of India will install towers to block Radio signals it would also disrupt the signals of other Radio stations including that of BBC, Voice of America, Radio AAP Ki Duniya and Voice of Germany. District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rafiq Sheikh confirmed that a team from New Delhi had arrived in the area to take stock of the situation.
"The team had come to carry out an inspection to install more AIR towers along LoC in Poonch and Rajouri," Adding that all the team members interacted with him about the situation of the area.
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