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Tamenglong, March 1
Zeliangrong Baptist Association in collaboration with Tamenglong District Working Journalist Union (TADWJU) conducted one day awareness camp on sensitization of media role at Aben village, Tousem sub-division Tamenglong district.
Hillson Angam, Advocate, Manipur High Court, Anthony Gangmei DIO i/c, DIPR Tamenglong, Agui Kamei, Correspondent, All India Radio & DD News, Jimmy Pamei, Editor, Tamenglong Times, Ringbam Kamei, Editor, The Ganphiu Mail and Dinthuingam Pamei, Executive Editor, The Cham attended the awareness camp as a resource persons.
Jimmy Pamei, Editor speaks on the topic “Spread your wings Expand your circle, explains about the importance and the role of making and expanding your friends circles.
Anthony Gangmei DIO i/c Tamenglong talk about the Social Media in a Rural Development. He said that role of social media plays a very important role in developing our society. Through this social media technology we can put up our grievances and developmental work through video and pictures since social media has the ability to reach a huge number of people in any parts of the globe added Anthony Gangmei.
Ringbam Kamei, Editor, The Ganphiu Mail highlighted about the Role of the Fourth Estate in Democratic Society. Though Judiciary, Legislative and Executive plays a very important role in a democratic society media plays as a watchdog (fourth pillars) in checking cheques and bounce of all the three pillars.
Dinthuingam Pamei, Executive Editor, The Cham, express about importance of Press and Media in a nutshell. He also request the parents and the youth of Aben village to take up journalism course since this profession has a very good scope to get job in govt and private organisation.
Tamenglong AIR correspondent, Agui Kamei talks about the topic on Media and Public Relation for all round development. He asserted the public attending the awareness program to always co-ordinate with the media in highlighting their grievances. He added that through media your voices can be heard and communicated directly to the higher authorities.
Hillson Angam, Advocate, Manipur High Court speaks on the topic Enforcing our Rights through Public Interest Litigation. He talks about the importance and the ways how to use the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in a right way. In case if the village authorities or an individual is not satisfied about the work done by the government in your areas the village authorities or an individual can file for PIL added Hillson Angam.
Village chairman, church leaders, CSO as well as youth from 11 villages in an around Tousem sub-division attended the awareness program. After the formal session was over an interactive session and plan of Action was discussed with the public. During the discussion hour one Heusuaneing Daime, age about 107 years old express about his unhappiness about the present government and the elected leaders for not maintaining about the road condition of Tousem sub-division. Around 56 people attended the awareness program yesterday.
