Annual Report 2008-2009 S. No. State District 24. Tamil Nadu Tiruvannamalai 25. Tripura Dhalai 26. Uttar Pradesh Sonbhadra 27. Uttrakhand Champawat 28. West Bengal Jalpaiguri 6.21 The main objective of the programme is to spread awareness among the people in the identified districts on focused human rights issues like food security, education, custodial justice, health, hygiene and sanitation, etc. by undertaking field visits to the schools, primary health centers, community health centers, hospitals, police stations, prisons, panchayats, ration shops functioning under the public distribution system, various Departments working for the empowerment of children, women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other vulnerable sections of the society, etc. and concurrently organize a Workshop on “Human Rights Awareness and Facilitating Assessment & Enforcement of Human Rights Programme” at District Level Administration. The basic purpose of organizing a Workshop in each selected District is to enlighten people about their rights as well as monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission, issued from time to time on specific human rights issues. 6.22 During the period under review, the following districts were visited by the Commission for human rights awareness and facilitating assessment of enforcement of Human Rights Programme: Sl. No. District State Dates/Month 1. Chamba Himachal Pradesh 3-5 July 2008 2. Ambala Haryana 6-8 August 2008 3. North Sikkim Sikkim 26, 27& 30 September 2008 4. Jalpaiguri West Bengal 3-6 November 2008 5. Dhalai Tripura 25-28 November 2008 6. South Garo Hills Meghalaya 16-19 December 2008 7. Sonbhadra Uttar Pradesh 2-5 February 2009 8. Dang Gujarat 10-12 February 2009 9. South Goa Goa 25-27 February 2009 87