Jhabua administration and police host Diwali and New Year meet for journalists

The district administration and police jointly hosted a Diwali and New Year get-together for journalists at Police Line in Jhabua. The programme began with the lighting of a lamp. Journalists of the district and senior officers of the administration and police were present.

In a break from the formal atmosphere, journalists, administrative officials and police officers presented songs and music. All exchanged Diwali and New Year greetings and shared the joy of the festival.

Collector Dr Yogesh Tukaram Bharsat said journalists serve as an important bridge between the administration and the public. According to him, Jhabua's senior journalists have deep ground-level experience of the area's social conditions, local challenges and prospects for development. Other journalists, too, are bringing public-interest issues to light through their activity and alertness. He said talking to experienced and young journalists and learning their suggestions is both necessary and a matter of pride for the administration. Such suggestions help public-interest work move forward more effectively, he said.

Superintendent of Police Devendra Patidar said the police and the media are two sides of the same coin. Their ways of working may differ, but the aim is the same: to work in the public interest, help solve the problems of ordinary people and bring positive change to society. He said trust, dialogue and coordination between the police, the administration and the media are essential for strengthening law and order and resolving citizens' difficulties.

Jitendra Singh Chouhan, Chief Executive Officer of the Zila Panchayat, said coordination among the administration, police and media is extremely important for the district's development and public-interest work. According to him, journalists carry the problems of ordinary people to the administration and also play a big part in taking the government's welfare schemes and good work to the people.

Senior journalist Chandrabhan Singh Bhadoria said the police, the administration and the media are important pillars of society, and better coordination among the three can speed up the area's development. He said everyone should work together to give Jhabua's distinctive features greater recognition and to solve the problems of ordinary people.

Journalists Bhupendra Gaur, Rajendra Songara, Alok Dwivedi, Virendra Singh Rathore, Manoj Arora, Rajesh Soni, Satyanarayan Sharma and Bhupendra Nayak also spoke. They said continuous dialogue, trust and cooperation among the administration, police and media were necessary for all-round development of the district. The journalists said a joint effort should be made to bring out Jhabua's rich cultural heritage, distinct identity and local talent. They also stressed giving prominence to the problems of ordinary people and playing a positive role in resolving them.

Referring to Diwali, the journalists said that just as a lamp dispels darkness and spreads light, the combined efforts of all could light up Jhabua district with a new glow of development and change.

Senior officers of the district administration and police department were present, including Divisional Forest Officer Bharat Solanki, Assistant Collector Ayushi Bansal and Additional Superintendent of Police Pratipal Singh Mahobiya.