SGPC to launch TV channel in April 2004: Badungar

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to launch a television channel from Amritsar, which is likely to start functioning before April, 2004. At present, the project is at its initial stages.

SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar on Saturday said the SGPC was committed to start this project before the given schedule, adding that the work had already been entrusted to noted Sikh scholar Dr Darshan Singh of Chandigarh.

When contacted, Dr Darshan Singh said initially the channel would telecast programmes for eight hours everyday, but later it would be a 24-hour channel. Dr Singh, however, added that the channel would not only telecast shabad gurbani from the Golden Temple, but will also show serials, debates, discussions and musical programmes. Also, general news along with news on religious activities would be telecasted.