NEW DELHI: The government has ordered an inquiry into the reported crash during a storm on 30 May of the 149-meter high power FM transmitter of All India Radio in Kingsway Camp in north Delhi.

The services of five private FM operators who were using this transmitter were ‘severely’ disrupted following the crash as the antennae and feeder cable were damaged.

The tower was built by the Broadcast Engineering Consultants (India) out of funds provided by the government.

The inquiry to be completed within 15 days and submitted to Information and Broadcasting Ministry secretary Bimal Julka will be conducted by former AIR chief engineer Mukul Tyagi, former TSL (Allahabad) chief manager A K M Tripathy, Prasar Bharati director (E) P Das, and Telecom Engineering Centre director (Radio) Bal Kishan.

The Committee will go into the circumstances of the crash, and construction of the tower including site selection and awarding of tenders etc. Any expenditure involved in testing samples of the tower will be borne by the government.