5.3 Regional Office- Badulla Introduction The extent of the area of the Uva Province is 8500 sqaure kiometers and it represents 12.9% of the total land of Sri Lanka. This regional office covers 2 District Secretariats and 26 Divisional Secretariats. There are a number of important places in the Uva district. It should be specially noted for indeginious people (Veddha community) living in Mahiyanganaya, Dambana and Bibile. It has been observed that health services have been expanded and both the Central government and the Provincial Council have launched special programmes to upgrade education in the year 2013. It is to be also noted that improvement of many roads in the Monaragala District has contributed favorably for inspection tours of the Commission. Protection of Human Rights Handling of complaints The total number of complaints received was 302. Among the complaints those relating to employment issues were more. The regional office has noted that despite the awareness of human rights gained through print and electronic media , the level of district complaints received by the Commission is quite low. 1167 persons visited the regional office seeking advice in the year 2013. Categorization of Complaints – Regional office Badulla Nature of the No. of Complaints Complaint 63