All India Radio resumes Urdu service from Amritsar district

All India Radio (AIR) has resumed the relay of Urdu service from Amritsar’s Gharinda village, near Attari, to cater to its audience in the area and also across the International Border (IB) in Pakistan from Sunday.

The service had got disrupted due to the Covid-19. Though different activities were resumed following relaxations, but Urdu service remained a non-starter. Santosh Rishi, Senior Director, AIR (Jalandhar), confirmed resumption of Urdu service and said all programmes will be broadcast from today.

AIR officials said Urdu service could not be started earlier as content generation was being done at New Delhi-based office.