Website launched to track atrocities on Dalits
Tamil Nadu
Mar 28, 2014
CHENNAI: A new website to track atrocities on dalits has been launched. Any aggrieved person can send an SMS to the cellphone number 9898915455 or log in to the website www.annihilatecaste.in to seek help for incidents of caste atrocities across the country. The person has to send his name and the type of offence to the number.
The ‘atrocity tracking and monitoring’ (ATM) website will also help send alert messages to the collector and other officials to take actions within a stipulated time under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The interactive website, launched by the National Coalition for Strengthening SC/ST Act 1989 and Social Awareness Society for Youths (SASY), attains prominence after the SC/ ST Act amendment ordinance 2014 was signed by the President on March 4.
“Establishment of exclusive courts and final judgments in two months from the date of filing the charge sheet are included in the ordinance,” said I Pandiyan, director of SASY. “Cases of attack on dalits are on the rise. We hope the state government will enforce this ordinance by issuing an order to the concerned department,” he said.
Source: The Times of India
