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In the corrupt, Naxalite and drought prone areas of Palamau, Jharkhand, AID is setting up Vikalp Community Radio station, the first one to go on air in the state. Vikalp, which means alternative, truly looks at providing people with alternatives. Notorious for drought, dacoity, and an almost complete power breakdown, Meral block in Garhwa perhaps …

AID India has started its community radio initiative in Garhwa, in Palamau, Jharkhand. Set up in 2001, AID started producing community based programmes and airing these over the local All India Radio station in Daltonganj. These programmes are titled Chala Ho Gaon Mein or Going in to the Village, and have attained high popularity in …