Doordarshan in association with
the Ministry of Local Self Government, Suchitwa Mission and C-DIT has
undertaken a unique programme, the first social Reality show in Indian
Television. Titled the Green Kerala Express, this daily 30 mt interactive show
involving all 999 Grama Panchayaths, 57 Municipalities and 5 corporations will
focus on sustainable development models developed by the local self-governments.This
show will be unique in the focus on the collective effort of the people in
harnessing the talent of the community at the grass root level. The panchayats will be evaluated based on
their performance in sectors like water and land management, Sanitations,
environment, health, energy, social security, NREGS, Women empowerment,
education, agriculture, food security etc.
This competition will give an opportunity for local self Governments to
map their resources and also to show case the models that they have developed
which can be emulated by other panchayaths.
The invitation to join the
competition is open to all panchayaths and they can apply with a detailed
profoma and also a five minute video on their achievements, A technical jury
will evaluate their work by assigning marks based on profoma and video and will
shortlist 150 panchayaths for the first round. Representatives from the
selected panchayats will be invited to present their models in front of the
jury and audience. A two-member anchor
team will be leading the show. There will be interactive sessions, presentation
of counter videos from Panchayaths and questions form jury and audience. One
Panchayat will be short listed form each district, along with Municipalities
and Corporations. In the final round the show will go into details of
activities in various developmental sectors and panchayaths will be evaluated
and graded according. One panchayat, One Municipality and One Corporation will
be selected as final winners.
Each episode will have the following additional features.
1. Every week special awards will
be given to a green hero/green idea/green technology/green institutions/given
school. 2. Every episode will have a citizen’s report, which will depict
unknown facets of our state. 3. Every episode will have messages on social
awareness.
To ensure transparency and
impartiality the jury will represent various sections of the society. There
will also be a national jury like Aruna Roy, P. Sainath, Mihir Shah etc. There
will also be a celebrity jury who will be a socially committed member form the
fields of films, literature etc. The basic format will be that of a travelogue
and thus it differs from conventional reality shows. Two anchors-male and
female-will travel through the breadth and length of the state depicting the
green history of the state as its evolves. A unique web portal will be created
which will have all episodes in full. A community will be formed which will be
useful in assessing feed back. SMS voting will be included to ensure the
participation of viewer. The social reality show will be a unique experiment in
developmental communication. This will help the LSGS to showcase their
sustainable developmental models and to present it to the world so that others
can learn lessons form it and emulate the practices. This is also unique in
that the Public Service Broadcasting is joining hands with the Government to
create interesting models of communication.
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