Media Contacts Vanish from AMC’s 2025 Diary – A Coincidence or a Conspiracy?
Newz Daddy Gujarat Politics
Summary of The Story
- Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) releases an official diary every year in January using public funds.
- The 2025 diary was delayed by three months and released in April.
- In previous years, the diary included contact details of media personnel such as press reporters and news agencies.
- These contacts allowed citizens to report issues related to AMC’s services, negligence, or corruption.
- The 2024 diary had media contacts listed on pages 17 to 39.
- The 2025 diary completely removed media personnel’s names and contact details.
- This move seems to prevent citizens from reaching the media to report problems.
- The absence of media contacts raises concerns about transparency and press freedom.
- The delay and omissions in the diary appear to be a deliberate effort to silence public grievances.
- Critics see this as a direct attack on the fourth pillar of democracy—the media.
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The 2025 Diary of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Silences the Media—A Clear Violation of Press Freedom
A surprising decision by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) raises fundamental questions regarding press freedom and transparency. With taxpayer funding, AMC publishes an official journal each year in January. In order to facilitate easy connection between the public and the government, this diary includes crucial contact information for a number of agencies and people. The diary was published in April of 2025, three months later than planned. Even worse, it omitted the contact details of media representatives, which had been an essential component of earlier versions.
Both citizens and journalists are furious about this action. It appears to be a conscious effort to keep the public from reporting on government incompetence, corruption, or carelessness by cutting off the media. It is obviously an attack on press freedom, which is a cornerstone of democracy.
For many years, press reporters’ and news organisations’ contact information was published in AMC’s official diary. The purpose of these numbers was to enable citizens to contact the media in the event that they encountered issues with municipal services. Through the media, residents could directly voice their complaints about anything from potholes in the roads to difficulties with the water supply, cleanliness, or corruption.
In 2024, the diary’s media contacts (pages 17–39) provided instant access to reporters. The public was empowered to hold AMC responsible for this straightforward inclusion. However, in 2025? The media area is no longer there at all! The most recent diary contains not a single media interaction.
Why AMC would abruptly remove such a crucial section is the key question. The solution is clear: to conceal government shortcomings and stifle criticism.
People cannot report AMC’s inefficiency if they do not have media relations.
Public complaints won’t be heard by a wider audience if journalists don’t report the topics.
Removing media contacts stops corruption or carelessness from being revealed right away.
This enables the municipal corporation to evade responsibility and public scrutiny.
Removing media connections is a calculated tactic to keep the public in the dark, not only an accident. Who will people now complain to if a road is neglected for months if waste collection is neglected, or if they are not provided with a suitable water supply?
The solution was straightforward until last year: contact a journalist, report the problem, and reveal the carelessness. AMC has now made sure that this kind of exposure is challenging. All Ahmedabad residents should be concerned about this assault on accountability and openness.
Because it holds the government accountable, the media is frequently referred to as the fourth pillar of democracy. Denying people access to journalists undermines democracy in general. A government is unwilling to provide its citizens with honest service if it is afraid of the media exposing its shortcomings.
AMC has made it obvious that it does not want to be questioned by cutting off its media contacts. Journalists looking into its actions are not welcome. Most significantly, it opposes citizens having a voice.
Ahmedabad residents have a right to know:
- What caused the three-month delay in the diary?
- Why was a portion that was so important cut out without any justification?
- Why are they terrified of public attention, and who made this decision?
This problem extends beyond a journal entry that is missing. It concerns public rights, government accountability, and freedom of speech. What will AMC delete next if they get away with this?
This ought to serve as a wake-up call for Ahmedabad residents. Their access to independent journalism is being methodically restricted by the government. It is a section of a diary that is missing today. Something even worse might happen tomorrow.
Citizens must demand accountability, openness, and answers if democracy is to endure. Before it’s too late, Ahmedabad residents ought to speak out against this repression. The first step in silencing the public is to silence the media.
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