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DELHI: With the grant of permission to the National Institute for Visually Handicapped
in Dehradun to start its own radio station, the number of Community Radio Stations
has gone up to 66 in the country.
The first CRS being set up specifically
for the visually handicapped, the station is expected to be operational within
three months. The Letter of Intent by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry
had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of the Inter Ministerial
Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries.
The
CRS will disseminate information on education, training, employment and other
facilities available for blind persons, their families and community institutions,
and will serve as a platform to showcase talent of the visually handicapped. It
will be used as a training studio for blind students of mass communication and
Broadcasting.
The
Community Radio will provide an opportunity for empowerment of women, to conduct,
sponsor, co-ordinate or subsidise research into all aspects of education and rehabilitation
of the visually handicapped and to promote the integration of visually handicapped
children in schools and adults in the society. | 
