‘Dharwad to have Press Club soon’

‘Dharwad to have Press Club soon’
Newindpress.com

Thursday January 19 2006

DHARWAD: A press club on par with Bangalore will be built soon in Dharwad with all necessary infrastructure, said S R Morey, District Minister and Minister for Municipal Administration here on Wednesday.

Speaking after inaugurating the renovated building of the District Information and Publicity Department, he said it was the essential duty of the government to provide a conducive atmosphere for journalists to cope with their work.

The Minister directed the district administration and Public Works Department to specify the suitable site for the construction of the press club.

He said if democracy in India was a success, the credit would certainly go to the media. In the Indian context, the media was always responsive in conveying the grievances of people to the government.

Ganesh Kadam, president of Dharwad Media Club, said the press club was the immediate need of district journalists for bringing out problems of society and at the same time for the relaxation of journalists.

He urged the state government to provide the required grant to the Information and Publicity department in order to safeguard the interests of journalists and public in general.

Speaking on the occasion, Chandrashekharappa, senior engineer of PWD said that construction work of mini-Vidhana Soudha in Dharwad was under progress and would be completed soon.

Deputy commissioner M S Srikar, T S Hiremath, deputy director, District Information and Publicity and A S Janvekar were present.

P S Parvathi welcomed the gathering. C P Mayachari proposed a vote of thanks.