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22.
23.
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25.
26.
27.
28.
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttrakhand
West Bengal
Kalahandi
Hoshiarpur
Banswara
North Sikkim
Tiruvannamalai
Dhalai
Sonbhadra
Champawat
Jalpaiguri
6.8
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, district food office, 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.
6.9
From 2008 to 2010, the Commission has visited fouurteen districts. These districts are
– Chamba (Himachal Pradesh), Ambala (Haryana), North Sikkim (Sikkim), Jalpaiguri (West
Bengal), Dhalai (Tripura), South Garo Hills (Meghalaya), Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Dang
(Gujarat), South Goa (Goa), Wayanad (Kerala), Jamui (Bihar), Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Kalahandi
(Odisha) and Saiha (Mizoram).
6.10 During the period under review, the following two districts were visited by the NHRC
as a part of the human rights awareness and facilitating assessment and enforcement of human
rights programme out of the identified 28 districts in the country :
S.No
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2.
District
Chatra
Thiruvannamalai
State
Jharkhand
Tamil Nadu
Programme
22-23 September 2010
26-28 October 2010
Chatra District
6.11
The District of Chatra is situated in the extreme north-west part of the State of
Jharkhand. It is bounded on the north by Gaya District (Bihar State), on the east by Hazaribagh
District, on the south by Palamu and Ranchi Districts and on the west by Gaya (Bihar State)
and Palamu Districts. The District came into existence in the year 1991, as previously it was
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