The Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das handed over cheque of `5 lakhs to the family of deceased senior journalist of Jamshedpur, Dhruvnarayan Singh Neeraj who died on March 29 this year. He was 58. Resident of Gadabasa Cable Basti, Neeraj died on way to the hospital after suffering heart attack were the doctors at TMH declared him brought dead.
Neeraj started his career with Prabhat Khabar in 1980 and was counted among witty and intelligent journalist. He served as an editor in Jamshedpur’s Prabhat Khabar, Ispat Mail, New Ispat Mail and Utkal Mail while he held senior position in several Hindi dailies including Aaj, Uditvani and Hindustan.
He also contributed in several educational institutes of Jamshedpur including Jamshedpur Workers College, Graduate College, KMPM College and Gurunanak Inter College.
Das gave the cheque to the widow Rani Devi. The Chief Minister said that it is for the first time in State that initiative has been taken to provide relief fund to a journalist who died naturally. He further added that media is the fourth estate of the democracy and should be given due credit. The fund has been provided by the Department of Information and Public Relation under Journalist Welfare Fund. The Chief Minister also inspired the journalists to do their job honestly.
latter in the day Das visited several Durga Puja pandals barefoot and prayed for progress of the State. He went to Burmamines, and laxmingar and prayed. He said that the Goddess Durga will inspire all to walk on the path of righteousness and honesty. He went on to add that the State Government is committed towards development of the State. "I am pleased that things have started improving. Our efforts have yielded results. The effort to transform village administration through panchayats is also yielding positive result," said Das. He also thanked the people of Jharkhand for their support.