NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA officials of the Women & Child Development Department and compensation to the victims. 112 ii. On perusal of the complaint, the Commission issued a notice to the Superintendent of Police, Puri Odisha and the Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Odisha calling for a report in the matter. In response, Superintendent of Police, Puri, Odisha reported that on 19.12.2013, seven children out of thirteen of Tiadi Sahi Anganwadi Centre were given food. Next day six of them suffered from diarrhea. They were admitted at DHH, Puri for treatment. It was noticed during the enquiry that Smt. Gitanjali Mishra, Anganwadi Worker (AWW) was on leave on that day and the helper Susama Tripathy served the food. The paediatric specialist of DHH, Puri stated that the six children suffered from food poisoning. Further the Collector & District Magistrate, Puri informed that according to the weekly menu, sprouted Moong Gram by one local Women’s Self Help Group (WSHG) namely "Masania Mahavir'' was not served on its scheduled day i.e. Monday on 16.12.2013 due to closure of the centre on health ground of the concerned AWW, and was stored in a freezer for Thursday i.e. on 20.12.2013. Accordingly, on 20.12.2013 the AWW being absent on health ground, the sprouted Moong Gram along with sugar and coconut was served at 10:00 AM to six children present at the centre by the Anganwadi Helper (AWH) followed by a hot cooked meal at 12:00 PM. As per the report of the treating physician, those six children affected with severe gastroenteritis/indigestion were treated with antibiotics, intravenous fluids, Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and other supportive treatment, and were attended by the relatives of the AWW and the AWH. The children were recovered and discharged from the hospital. The report concludes that the AWW and AWH had been warned to be extra cautious and avoid serving stale food of any kind to children and also to maintain at least 3 hours gap between two consecutive feeding schedules. iii. The Commission, after considering the state reports, observed that the children had suffered from Diarrhea and vomiting after consuming sub-standard food in Anganwadi Centres in village Tadi Sahi. So, the lives of the six children were put in danger by serving them stale food in the Anganwadi operated by the State, for which the State Government must bear responsibility. A show cause notice under Section18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 was issued to the Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha to show cause, within six weeks, as to why appropriate compensation to be paid to all the victims should not be recommended. iv. The Commission subsequently recommended an amount of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) be paid to the guardians of child Madhu Smita Bhoi and Rs. 2,000/(Rupees Two Thousand Only) each be given to the guardians of child Santoshini Sethi, Subhashree Sethi, Kanha Bhoi, Tiki Suchitra Barik, and Saumya Rajan Mohaparta, by the State Government of Odisha which has been complied with by the State Government. ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20