{"id":11260,"date":"2026-04-12T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11260"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:23:43","slug":"130208643-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11260","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sikkim Sundari\u2019: Indian Army launches first border village radio station | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130208631,imgsize-694653,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/image-ians.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Sikkim Sundari\u2019: Indian Army launches first border village radio station\" title=\"Image: IANS \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-army\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Indian Army<\/a>\u2019s Trishakti Corps has launched Sikkim\u2019s first border village community radio station, \u201cSikkim Sundari\u201d. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The move aims to improve communication and access to information in remote high-altitude areas, officials said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>According to the Defence PRO, the station will broadcast local news, weather updates, and information on government schemes, while also serving as a platform to promote local culture and encourage youth participation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>It will further provide opportunities for local youth to develop communication skills and take part in community engagement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cThe initiative will help connect communities, amplify local voices, and support development in remote areas,\u201d a senior army official was quoted as saying by PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The radio station was inaugurated in the presence of senior officers of the Trishakti Corps, civil administration representatives, and members of the local community.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Meanwhile, the additional director general of border roads (East), Jitendra Prasad, visited the landslide-affected area at Taramchu in North Sikkim to review the situation on the ground.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>According to the Defence PRO, he assessed the damage and interacted with personnel of the Border Roads Organisation deployed at the site. He also reviewed ongoing restoration work and directed officials to expedite efforts to reopen the route at the earliest, as cited by ANI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>During the visit, Prasad inspected the progress of work and reiterated the organisation\u2019s focus on restoring and maintaining connectivity in the region, noting the importance of road links for local communities and access to border areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sikkim-sundari-indian-army-launches-first-border-village-radio-station\/articleshow\/130208643.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Army\u2019s Trishakti Corps has launched Sikkim\u2019s first border village community radio station, \u201cSikkim&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20600,27532,724,27534,723,27538,719,720,721,707,27537,27536,27535,27531,722,27533],"class_list":["post-11260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-border-roads-organisation","tag-border-village-radio-station","tag-breaking-news","tag-community-radio","tag-google-news","tag-government-schemes","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-indian-army","tag-local-culture","tag-local-news","tag-remote-high-altitude-areas","tag-sikkim-sundari","tag-today-news","tag-trishakti-corps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}