page_title: Mukteshwar
section_title: Kumaon Vani radio service
hierarchical_section_title: Mukteshwar / Kumaon Vani radio service
caption_attribution_description: English: The view of the snow clad mountains from Mukteshwar,Uttarakhand.
context_page_description: Mukteshwar is a village and tourist destination in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India. It sits high in the Kumaon Hills at an altitude of 2171 meters, 51 km from Nainital, 72 km from Haldwani, and 343 km from Delhi.
context_section_description: With the aim to create a common platform for local communities of Supi in Uttarakhand, TERI launched 'Kumaon Vani', a community radio service on 11 March 2010. Uttarakhand governor Margaret Alva inaugurated the radio station, the first in the state. The 'Kumaon Vani' aims to air programmes on environment, agriculture, culture, weather and education in the local language and with the active participation of the communities. The station covers a radius of 10 km reaching out to almost 2000 locals around Mukteshwar.
caption: Mukteshwar in 2008
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