NEW DELHI: News Broadcasters Association under the chairmanship of former chief justice of India JS Verma, will work towards creating an emergency protocol for all news channels within 10 days.

Speaking to indiantelevision.com NBA secretary general Annie Joseph said, “The NBA would issue an emergency protocol for news channels in another 10 days time. The protocol will cover various issues like reporting on war, communal riots, terror attacks and any kind of lawlessness event coverage.”

Earlier in the day, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma had held a meeting with NBA and other television broadcasters. Sharma once again pressed for the need of self restraint in coverage of news events like the Mumbai terror attack.

The broadcasters on their part reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen self-regulation guidelines in the light of dramatic events of Mumbai terror attack on 26 November and its aftermath.