Union Sports Minister Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting dedicated to the nation High Power Transmitters of Doordarshan and All India Radio at Hamboting La near Kargil in Ladakh. The 10 KW transmitters are the highest altitude TV and Radio transmitters in the country, located at the height of 4054 metres (about 13,300 ft) above the mean sea level. The transmitters at Leh are at an altitude of 3501 metres (about 11,450 ft).
The transmitters are the highest altitude TV and Radio transmitters in the country, located at the height of 4054 metres above the mean sea level.
Transmitters at Leh are at the altitude of 3501 metres.
The range of the transmitters is over 50 kms in radius and will cover a population of about 50,000 in Kargil.