Fazilka TV Tower

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The Fazilka TV Tower is a 304.8 meter high steel truss tower in Fazilka in the Indian state of Punjab. The tower, which also received the nickname of the Eiffel Tower of Fazilka, serves an area within 100 kilometers of the broadcasting of television and radio signals from the transmitter Jalandhar Doordarshan and Delhi Doordarshan and is named after the TV Tower Rameswaram India's second highest TV tower. It is not accessible to the public.

Architectural History

The construction of the TV Tower Fazilka began in 1996 and should be completed according to the original configuration after about two years. Financial bottlenecks, skills shortages and the deaths of more than half a dozen workers during the construction phase delayed the construction project, so the tower until eleven years later, in 2007, was completed. Its construction costs amounted to around 800 million Indian rupees. He replaced a 1 kW transmitter tower, which was no longer strong enough to stand up to the radio and television signals from Pakistan. Residents of Fazilka asked the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to take action to curb the influence of Pakistani channels. However, the TV Tower Fazilka today its function as a jammer not meet adequately.