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Two more advertisers have found Gaon Ki Awaaz useful in reaching out to their customers.
The advertisers are: Musafir Kirana Store and Subhash Photo Service, who .
Both the merchants are located in Rampur-Mathura village and their customers are located in the village or in villages around them.
This is the first time that these stores have advertised on any medium.
The Musafir Kirana Store used Gaon Ki Awaaz to advertise its grocery products while Subhash Mobile Centre asked villagers to visit its store for any mobile or Internet-related needs. The Subhash Centre also urged villagers to get their photographs taken at the centre.
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Gaon Ki Awaaz continues to make waves. After mobile media, it is the turn of mainstream media to take note of the voice based mobile news project.
The Hindu in its Delhi editon carried a detailed report on Gaon Ki Awaaz titled: News at your fingertips.
The report notes:
New Delhi-based International Media Institute of India has started an initiative called ‘Gaon Ki Awaaz’ by which it sends out news to subscribers twice a day ontheir mobile phones. The news subjects of the service vary fromalerts on health camps to local events, local Government announcements and farming tips.
Samajvadi Party MLA Narendra Singh Verma visited the victims of fire in Kunsra village and distributed five kg of rice, one kg of dal and clothes to 70 families affected by the fire.
April7eve Listen to the audio bulletin broadcast at 5 pm on April 7.
Priya Gupta
Gaon ki Awaaz (Village Voice)
A short circuit caused a major fire in Umraon Khan Purva village located in the Rampur-Mathura area on April 5. The fire that broke out around 11 a.m. destroyed crops grown across two bighas of land cultivated by Habeeb. Farmers had to work hard to douse the flames. Otherwise the damage would have been much more.
April7noon Listen to the audio bulletin broadcast at 12 noon on April 7.
Divyakar Pratap Singh
Gaon ki Awaaz (Village Voice)
You can now use your mobile phone to lodge a complaint against your area’s ration shop owner in case if he is not giving you rations on time or is indulging in unfair practices. The Civil Supplies Department will allot you a complaint number and will follow up on your complaint. The complaint can be lodged on 1800-180-5046.
April5eve Listen to the audio bulletin broadcast at 5 pm on April 5.
Priya Gupta
Gaon ki Awaaz (Village Voice)
The Samvidha employees of Uttar Pradesh Rajya Parivahan Nigam will boycott work for 36-hours from April 5 midnight. The employees have an 11-point charter of demands, and say they are being exploited by the Nigam. This information was given by Deepak Kumar on behalf of Samvidha Karamcharis.
April5noon Listen to the audio bulletin broadcast at 12 noon on April 5.
Divyakar Pratap Singh
Gaon ki Awaaz (Village Voice)
MobileActive.org, one of the best websites on mobile phone projects, has done a big story on Gaon Ki Awaaz.
The story, headlined Gaon Ki Awaaz: News alerts for rural villagers, notes:
One call can bring news to hundreds in rural villages in India. Gaon Ki Awaaz, which means “Village Voice” in the Avhadi language, sends out twice-daily news calls to subscribers directly over their mobile phones. Launched in December 2009, the project recently expanded to 250 subscribers spread over 20 villages.
Pluggd.in, which runs reports on start ups in digital space, has taken note of Gaon Ki Awaaz in the story Gaon Ki Awaaz bringing local news to rural India.
Noted Plugd.in:
Gaon ki Awaz is an interesting project, launched in Rampur-Mathura village and is defining how local news is delivered in the rural villages, which are devoid of TV/Internet and other medium [especially for hyperlocal context].
Read the full report.
A survey was launched on April 3 to identify families living below the poverty line who are not getting their due benefits under the Mahamaya Gramin Arthik Yojana. The survey, which is being conducted by the lekhpal and panchayat officials, will also identify widows and the aged who are not getting the benefits.
ApriL4eve Listen to the audio bulletin broadcast at 5 pm on April 4.
Divyakar Pratap Singh
Gaon ki Awaaz (Village Voice)
The Vaish Halwai Samaj (sweetmeats community) has organised dowry-free Adarsh Samuhik Vivah on May 28 and 29, 2010 at Krishnadevi Girls Inter College, Biswan.
April3eve Listen to the audio bulletin broadcast at 5 pm on April 3.
Priya Gupta
Gaon ki Awaaz (Village Voice)
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