Fazilka TV Tower
Fazilka TV Tower | |
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television tower | |
Location | Fazilka, Punjab, India |
Coordinates | 30°23′44.42″N 74°1′57.87″E / 30.3956722°N 74.0327417°E |
Construction started | 1996[1] |
Completed | 2007 |
Height | 304.8 m (1,000 ft) |
References | |
[1][2][3][4] |
Fazilka TV Tower, often nicknamed the Fazilka Eiffel Tower,[2][4] is a 304.8 m (1,000 ft) tall Indian lattice tower at Fazilka, Punjab, India, which is used for FM-/TV-broadcasting in the whole of Punjab. The tower is currently the forty-fourth in the world and the second tallest man-made structure in India.[1][4]
Fazilka TV Tower is able to supply all areas around 100 kilometres of its location with TV programmes. The tall tower is nicknamed the "Fazilka Eiffel Tower", although its similarity with the real Eiffel Tower is questionable at best. Fazilka TV Tower, after Rameswaram TV Tower, is the second-tallest man-made structure in India.[1][2][4]
History
The Fazilka TV Tower was built in 1996, completing its 11-year-long construction in 2007. However, nearly four years after it was erected and made functional, the Fazilka TV tower had failed to serve the very purpose, which necessitated its construction. The television and the radio signals from Pakistan, which the TV tower was supposed to weaken, are still as strong as ever. Worse, the whole of the population, mostly rural, in all areas around 100 kilometres from its location, which it was supposed to serve, has mostly switched over either to the cable connection or to the DTH. The 304.8 m (1,000 ft) tall free-standing lattice tower, the second tallest man-made structure in India after Rameswaram TV Tower which is approximately 1,060 ft tall, has turned into a "white elephant" now. Planned as a relay station on lines of Jalandhar Doordarshan Kendra, apart from weakening the signals from Pakistan, the tower now relays only Doordarshan channels. No programmes are made in the area even though the tower houses the equipment necessary to create and relay them.[1]
The whole conflict between Indian and Pakistani television can be traced back to the mid-20th century. On 14 August 1947, Pakistan got its independence. Subsequently, from 15 August, Radio Pakistan Lahore became a hostile station. This rang alarm bells in
Geography
The Fazilka TV Tower is situated in the
See also
- Lattice tower
- List of tallest towers in the world
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
- List of tallest freestanding steel structures
- Rameswaram TV Tower
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Jagga, Raakhi. "India's second largest TV tower a white elephant - Indian Express". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Fazilka Rocks: TV Tower". Navdeepasija.blogspot.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Fazilka TV Tower - Tower in Fazilka, Punjab, India :: MBendi.com". Mbendi.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Ten Tallest Television Tower of India | WalkThroughIndia". Walkthroughindia.com. Retrieved 13 December 2012.