A mega legal aid camp was held here on Sunday being inaugurated by State Legal Aid Authority Member Secretary Debasis Nayak as chief guest. Nayak referred to the services given free of cost to persons in different fields. Everybody should be aware of his legal rights, he said. District and Sessions Judge Pradyumna Kumar Nayak, Public Utility Services Chairman Durga Sankar Mishra, district Superintendent of Police Aswini Kumar Mohanty, ADM Pradeep Sahoo and DRDA Project Director Tapiram Majhi, who were guests of honour, suggested that all should take advantage of the legal services.
The departmental activities about legal services to workers in unorganised sectors, children and general public were displayed through 35 stalls.
District Legal Aid Society Secretary Janaki Biswal coordinated the programme while Civil Court Registrar Gopabandhu Gadnayak, Senior Civil Judge Rajkishore Jena, JMFC Poonam Seth, Bikas Goel and Pooja Jain assisted it.
Over 3,000 persons joined the programme. Assistance was given 1,850 persons on various schemes. DIPRO Ajay Jena assisted in coordinating the programme.