Radio in times of disaster- In the recent flood disaster AIR played a silent but effective role in rescue operations. AIR Trivandrum was on air round the clock for more than three days. I would like to share an incident during this broadcast.We got a call enquiring details of a flood victim named Kalyani Amma. Immediately after the broadcast of this announcements we got a call telling that she is safe in so and so camp and other details.This incident happened on 20th of Aug, on the 4th day of disaster. There were no electricity and people were literaly lost all ways of communication except some land phones. Radio was the only medium accessable at that point. This shows the effectiveness of Radio broadcast during emergency situation. As an AIR Programme Man I am proud to say that AIR was there and will be with you always. Only thing you have to do is just tune to it. It also reminds us the need of more FM transmitters all along the country.
Source : Sasi Kumar, Chandrashekhar Shetty