Annual Report 2010-2011 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 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 1. 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 NHRC 75