MUMBAI: Nepal has got its first Community FM radio station, with the Tharu language as its main mode of communication.

The station has been established in Bansgadi area of Bardia District, Nepal.

Christened Guru-Baba FM, the station, inaugurated on 14 October, will transmit all its programmes in the Tharu language using a 100 W transmitter in 106.4 Mhz frequency, says in the report in the Telegraph Nepal, quoting station in charge, Pushpa Chaudhary.

The station was inaugurated by the Maoists' CA member Bishnu Chaudhary. the report adds.

Nepal has several FM stations operating in the country, as well as an active community radio sector.