NEW DELHI: Nine kendras of Doordarshan have been allocated a sum of Rs 8,80,000 for making an eight-episode programme on ‘Swachhmeva Jayate’ to promote the concept of sanitation and water conservation.

While Delhi Kendra received a sum of Rs 4,80,000, the other channels – Mumbai, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Varanasi, Madurai, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar and Jammu/Srinagar – get Rs 50,000 each.

This is part of the total of Rs 38.5 million allocated by the Drinking Water and Sanitation for the programmes which have commenced telecast from 1 October on DD National.

Each of the kendras other than Delhi have been given specific areas for shooting for an episode on Swachh Darshan (Tourism segment).

These are Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal for Mumbai, Golden temple for DDK Jalandhar, Ajmer Sharif for Jaipur, Manikarnika Ghat for Varanasi, Meenakshi Temple for Madurai, Kamkhaya Temple for Guwahati, Jagannath Puri for Bhubaneswar, and Vaishno Devi for Jammu/Srinagar.