Additional principal secretary of Prime Ministers office (PMO) Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra today said road connectivity, market connectivity and uninterrupted electric supply could only bring the improvement in the financial condition of the farmers in the country. Mr Mishar who inaugurated the much awaited FM radio service here in presence of the senior officers of Prasar Bharati said a study on Crop Insurance was made in the year 1994 and the same problem continues in the state even after 20 years. He said, We have to develop road connectivity, market connectivity and uninterrupted electric supply. Then only there could improvement in the financial condition of the farmers. These development in the infrastructure could also benefit the farmers and it has been tested in the developed state of the country, he said. He further said that the Jharsuguda airport would be fully operational in 2016 or by June of 2017. The member (personnel) of Prasar Bharati Suresh Chandra Panda informed that after FM, initiative is being taken for news bulletins in Sambalpuri language from Sambalpur, Balangir and Rourkela centres. He expressed gratitude to Dr Anup Pujari and Jugal Kishore Mahapatra, two senior IAS officers of the state and now posted in Delhi for their support in materialising the dream of FM radio in Sambalpur. Sambalpur radio centre was established in the year 1963 as the second centre of Odisha after Cuttack. And today a 5 kilowat FM transmitter has been dedicated for the people of this region. Source - http://news.webindia123.com