52 ... ... ... ... .. C I V I L L I B E RT I E S has been asked to prepare a list of terminally and dangerously ill patients in order to arrange specialist treatment and financial assistance out of the Chief Minister's Fund. The Integrated Child Development Services Centres (ICDS) provided at the camps are being strengthened. Efforts are also on to improve the laboratory and library facilities in the migrant schools. The Commission has indicated its willingness to support a fresh proposal of the State Government to enhance the monthly subsistence cash allowance provided to the residents of the camps. 4.29 It is unfortunately evident, however, that there remain elements in existence who are determined to commit acts of terror in the State, despite, and perhaps because of, the efforts to restore peace and confidence. Paragraph 4.3 above lists some of the more vicious incidents that occurred during the reporting period, among them the outrageous terrorist attack that occurred on 24 March 2003 in village Nadimarg, district Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, claiming the lives of 24 Kashmiri Pandits, including 11 women and children. 4.30 Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports in respect of this matter, including reports indicating that the victims were murdered despite the presence of a police picket in the vicinity, the Commission expressed its deepest anguish and concern over the incident. It also issued notice on 26 March 2003 to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir, and to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs calling for reports on the tragedy and an indication of the measures taken, or planned to be taken, to enhance the security of the affected community and to ameliorate the sufferings of the families of those who had been killed or traumatized. The Commission further noted that an unspeakable act of violence had taken innocent lives once again, testimony to the depravity of those who engaged in terrorist acts. The Commission unequivocally condemned such acts and their perpetrators as deeply hostile to all human rights, including the right to life itself. The Commission observed that the attack was doubly reprehensible as it had taken place at a time when fresh efforts were underway to bring peace and reconciliation to the State of Jammu & Kashmir, objectives to which the terrorists were fundamentally opposed. 4.31 As the Commission also received petitions in respect of this tragic incident from the Kashmiri Samiti and the Panun Kashmir Movement, copies of those petitions were also transmitted to the concerned authorities for their consideration and comments in connection with the reports that they were requested to prepare for the Commission. N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N