NHRC seeks report on ‘plight' of settlers in Bagapatia
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Kendrapada: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Kendrapada district collector to submit an action taken report (ATR) regarding the alleged deterioration in living conditions at Bagapatia rehabilitation colony.The directive comes in response to a petition filed by human rights activist and lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy, highlighting the plight of families displaced from the erosion-hit Satabhaya gram panchayat.Bagapatia, established in 2008, houses 571 families who were forced to relocate from seven villages after the sea swallowed their homes.
Over the past four decades, more than 600 houses and vast agricultural lands have been lost to coastal erosion along the 12-km stretch.According to the petition, residents face severe challenges including inadequate housing infrastructure, lack of safe drinking water, poor sanitation facilities, limited access to healthcare, insufficient educational resources and defective drainage system causing frequent flooding."The rehabilitation colony turns into a virtual pool during rain, with even moderate rainfall flooding houses in low-lying areas," Tripathy stated in his petition. He urged the NHRC to conduct an independent investigation and recommend comprehensive measures to the chief secretary.The recommended measures include construction of cyclone-resistant housing, improved medical facilities, all-weather road connectivity, implementation of social welfare schemes and better educational infrastructure.NHRC, acting under Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, has given the district collector four weeks to submit the report.
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