NHRC blames Dispur for starvation deaths

The national human rights commission on Monday blamed the Assam government for starvation deaths in Bhuban valley tea estate a few months back. Led by a its chairman KG Balakrishnan, the Commission has asked the State Govt. to pay rupees two lakh each to the two tea garden workers and rupees one lakh each to about 13 dependents of the workers who died due to starvation. The Commission has also directed the State Govt. to inquire whether the tea association of India was distributing the foodgrains properly among the workers or not.

The delegation heard 50 pending cases of human rights violations in the State of Assam at its Camp Sitting in Guwahati. Out of 17 cases, which the Full Commission bench heard at least 06 cases were closed after the Commission got satisfactory answers from the State Government Authorities.