A human rights awareness camp was held in Chhattisgarh-Odisha border village, Kanaktura, in Jharsuguda district on Monday.
Chairman of the State Human Rights Commission Justice Bimal Prasad Das joining as chief guest said that everybody should be aware of different welfare schemes of the Government, including their rights and entitlements. Justice Das advised to send complaints to the Commission either by mail or registered post on loss of human rights with complete address and phone number.
Member of the Commission Asim Amitav Das discussed about the type of situations coming under the purview of the Commission and said that the main objective was to provide the facilities lawfully to the citizens of all categories, specially the hapless.
Attending the camp, Jharsuguda district Collector Saroj Kumar Samal said the citizens can file complaints before the Commission on various issues, including denial of basic amenities.
Arranged jointly by the State Human Rights Commission and Jharsuguda district administration, the camp was coordinated by ADM Pradeep Kumar Sahoo.
On this occasion ADM Sahoo gave old age, widow, unmarried women and disability allowance to 35 beneficiaries and distributed occupational allowance to 10 SHGs. Besides, the beneficiaries were given ration card and the landless, patta of 4 decimal homestead land.