lauding the first ‘Mobile Radio Network’ of its kind ‘Cgnetswara’, Principal Secretary, Housing and Environment, N Baijendra Kumar termed the experiment as a kind of revolution for public participation.
He was speaking on the concluding ceremony of the week-long public journalism awareness journey organisd by ‘Cgnetswara’ which concluded here on Monday.Speaking as a chief guest on the occasion, the Principal Secretary remarked: ‘I have been closely observing the media for past three decades. We have all kinds of media but journalism through ‘Mobile Radio’ is something out of the box. This will also help the public servants to solve people’s problems in a better way,’.
Detailing about ‘Cgnetswara’, the organisers of the programme informed that under this program world’s first ‘Mobile Radio’ has been developed.People living in farthest corner of the State could record their problems via a mobile phone in their language with ‘Cgnetswara.’ Their messages are verified, translated and then released, which can be heard on mobile phone besides over the internet. In this way, several problems which remain unsolved just due to lack of communication could be solved.
Officials working with ‘Cgnetswara’ informed that in the past one month, they have travelled to six states including, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In these places through puppet shows, they were informed that how could they share their messages by using mobile phones.