The Social Justice and Human Rights wing of the Police Department has
initiated a novel idea of conducting Social Justice Tea Parties in all
the villages across the State. It is really heartening to note that
this unique progranmme has become a great success. The Social Justice
and Human Rights wings is functioning not merely as a Police agency
for effective enforcement of PCR and POA Acts but also as an
“instrument of social change” in curbing inequalities in social system
and redressing the grievances of the SC/ST people. The tea party
programme in villages has been labelled as “Mass Awareness Campaign”.
It is not only the first initiative of its kind in the whole of India
but also one of the largest initiatives anywhere in the world in terms
of reach, population covered, geographical area covered, multiple
messages transmitted effectively but simply through the
instrumentality of a tea party. It is also the world’s largest ongoing
tea party in terms of the number of people given tea in the 37,000
plus programs all over the state.The objectives for the mass
campaign are as follows
- To highlight how the Acts and Rules are effectively enforced by
the Police;
- To promote confidence among the members of SCs/STs;
- To sensitize the society on eradication of untouchabIity and
atrocities against the members of SCs/STs;
- To promote harmony among the caste Hindus and SCs/ STs and
- To create awareness on the nature of offences and it's gravity
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