Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 22:
As part of the series of AR and media awareness/interaction programme, a team of media persons comprising of both print and electronic media along with PRO Hqs IGAR (S) visited Moreh and Pallel on August 21 and 22, informed PRO IGAR (S) in a release.
Stating that a lecture on media awareness and healthy discussion on necessity of using media as a friendly force during insurgency was conducted, the PRO strongly advocated constant communication between the media persons and security forces to iron out differences, if any.
The media persons on their side pointed out orthodoxy by the security force authorities in the sharing and dissemination of information besides attributing time constraint and inadequacy of information resulting to one sided story.
Apart from conveying that the discussion zeroed in on the fact that media is one of the most potent force help address the minds where insurgency breeds, the PRO's release further added "peace would surely come sooner, if both soldiers with arms and soldiers with pen (media) move together hand in hand and arms in arms".