DIPHU: The District Press Club of Karbi Anglong (DPCKA) on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), Tuliram Ronghang for allocation of a specific annual budget to local print media to monitor issuing of advertisements to only those local newspapers that are regularly published and to allot timely newspaper bills by concerned departments under the administrative control of KAAC to a local media houses.
The memorandum said that KAAC should allocate a specific annual budget to local print media for the smooth maintenance of the media house. Without verification, several newspapers that are irregular were getting advertisements from concerned departments and this should be checked, it said. The DPCKA also urged the KAAC authority for timely payments of newspaper bills to newspaper houses.
The submission of the memorandum was led by its president, Diganta Teron and accompanied by the vice president, David Hanse; assistant general secretary, Vivian Longki Rongpi and finance secretary, Arun Lekthe.