The Janakiya Pankalitham Punarnirmanam initiative of the Local Self-Governance Department is being implemented in partnership with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, UNICEF and BBC Media Action. Community radio stations Radio Media Village, Radio Mattoli, Radio Neythal, Janvani Community Radio, Radio Hello and Mangalam Radio which have dedicated listeners in various flood-hit districts are part of the initiative, with the first of the ‘Puthu Nambukal - Nava Keralathinte Shankoli’ episodes going live on Tuesday in all these stations and on the Internet. “There have been instances of one radio station producing a programme and others too broadcasting it. In Wayanad, the Mattoli station is even translating the entire programme to Paniya language for its listeners from tribal village. The radio programmes are part of our initiatives at taking people’s feedback to inform the recovery process, integrating it into disaster response, recovery and reconstruction.

Source: The Hindu February 05, 2019 18:22 UTC