Ensure no delays in FIRs, arrests in SC atrocity cases, says National SC Commission member

National Commission for Scheduled Castes member Vaddepalli Ramchander on Monday said that there should be no delay in registration of FIRs and arrests in cases of atrocities against people belonging to the SC community.

Speaking at the Collectorate in Vijayawada on Monday (July 14), Mr. Ramchander said that the District Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meetings should be held every three months and banks should sanction quick loans for the construction of houses of the poor under the PM Awas Yojana. Farmers belonging to the community should be encouraged to grow horticulture crops for better returns, he added.

Pointing out that the National Commission for SCs, established under Article 338 of the Constitution, is striving for the social and economic development of the Scheduled Castes, he said that district-level officials should also take steps towards the upliftment of the lower classes with commitment.

Later, Collector G. Lakshmisha apprised him of the status on implementation of various welfare schemes in the district, and about the SC population, their literacy rate and State welfare schemes being implemented for them.

NTR District Police Commissioner S.V. Rajasekhara Babu informed about the cases registered under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and there status.

Mr. Ramchander expressed happiness at the P4 policy of the State government and said that the policy may bring light into the lives of many poor people.