The office of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) that had been functioning in the city since decades was finally closed down on Wednesday on an emotional note with many of the city’s senior journalists regretting the Government of India’s move to wind up the PIB’s Indore office.
In an informal ceremony organised at PIB office here for the last time, all the PIB’s officials and employees were given away a warm farewell. Speaking on the occasion, Indore Press Club president Arvind Tiwari recalled the exceptional contributions of the PIB’s senior public relation officer Madhukar Pawar in making the PIB media friendly and promoting Central Government’s welfare schemes in the local media through the PIB.
He said that media fraternity of Indore got a setback receiving news about the Union Government’s move to close down Indore office of the PIB which had gained utmost significance in the whole of the Central India.
He said the Indore Press Club at its level tried its best and approached all the concerned Ministries to revoke the Government’s move on closure of Indore office of the PIB but somewhere it did not materialise for the reasons best known to the authorities concerned.
On the occasion, senior journalists Prakash Hindustani, Raman Rawal, former joint director of the publicity department, Ashok Kumar Mishra, senior literature Hareram Vajpai also spoke and recalled the friendly and affable nature of Madhukar Pawar in making the PIB a well known institution in the city.
On the occasion, all the employees and officials of PIB were given away mementos for their exceptional contributions to the PIB. A large number of city’s senior journalists including Rumni Ghosh, Jaishree Pingle, KK Jha, and Harshwardhan Prakash were present on the occasion.