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Bhubaneswar , 23/8/2022 ( Odisha Samachar )- A “Police-Public Interface” meeting was organised by Society for Nature, Education and Health (SNEH)–a registered voluntary organization working in the field of Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution on August 23, 2022 at SNEH’s Peace Resource Center-SAMPRITI, in Bhubaneswar. Mr Prakash Chandra Pal, Addl. DCP, Commissionerate Police, Bhubaneswar inaugurated the event along with Mr Biswaranjan Sahoo, IIC, Nayapalli Police Station, who attended the program as Guest of Honor. 
Ms Sandhyarani Tripathy, Mr Rajnikanta Mohaptra, Mr Santosh Kumar Jena, Ms Kabita Suar, Mitarani Sethi, Senior Advocates from the Bhubaneswar Bar Association, also actively participated in the interface. The main objective of the interface was to promote the Restorative Justice process as a means to settle disputes and conflicts and promote unity building in the community. As many as 40 people from the Salia Sahi slum, local leaders from eight Peace Committees and Sahi Committees participated in the program. Such initiatives can help develop relationships between the police and the public, so essential for peacebuilding and prevention of violence, said Ms Subarna Ghosh, President, SNEH.
Mr Sudarshan Chhotray, eminent journalist focused on the fact that there was little understanding of police regulations among ordinary people. “The Police should be more friendly with the community to win the confidence of the people to resolve the issues easily at the grass-root level said Mr Prakash Chandra Pal, Addl. DCP, Commissionrate Police. In this connection, Mr Biswaranjan Sahoo, IIC, Nayapalli Police Station said that, The community should be more disciplined and should be aware about legal rights and the consequences of crime. Community involvement in conflict solving is a good sign of democratization of justice and we are happy that SNEH is encouraging this practice through the process of Restorative Justice among the stakeholders in the slums. 
Mr Subas Panda, Consultant to SNEH conducted the program assisted by Prasanta Kumar Padhan and Dibakar Mahali, SNEH.
