An awareness workshop on ‘Eradication of untouchablity and implementation of protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Rules, 1995,’ was held in Chilika block recently.
Development Initiative, a city based civil society organisation working for the protection of human rights of SC and ST people in the State, organsied the event.
Almost all elected Panchyati Raj Institution members of Chilika block, besides MlA representative Ramesh Chandra Mohapatra, block chairperson Mamata Tarai, Chilika Additional Tehsildar Pruthyuraj Mandal, block welfare extension officer Susil Kumar Dash, AFO Satyanarayan Mishra, block level officials, Anganwadi workers, supervisors and teachers attended the seminar.
The meeting was presided over by the Chlika Block Development Officer Kelucharan Ranasingh. Development Initiative programme officers Prasant Mallick and Bhadrasen Bhoina participated in the workshop as the resource persons and focused on the constitutional provisions for protection and development of SCs and STs in the State.
They also discussed about the provisions, roles and responsibilities of the Government officials, police administration and the PRI members for proper implementation of PCR Act, 1955 and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Rules 1995.