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On NHRC's directions Gujarat completes bridge to ensure students don't have to swim to school ANI | General News Last Updated at January 29, 2019 16:10 IST On the directions of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Gujarat government on Tuesday completed construction of a bridge in Junagarh, ensuring that children of Kaneri village do not have to swim across the Ripen river to reach their school. The state government informed the commission today about the completion of the bridge. The commission has now decided to close the case. The commission had registered a case on the basis of a complaint in 2014 that about 50-60 families of Kaneri Tal in Gir Gadhada of Gir Somnath district lived on the opposite side of the Ripen river passing through village Kaneri, locally known as Sim Vistar of Bokharapura. Students belonging to these families had to swim across the river to reach their primary school in village Kanuri. In the monsoon season, it was very difficult for the students to cross the river. To reach the school, the students had to take a detour and reach via Dhrabavad village, covering a distance of 8 kilometers. Besides this matter, the NHRC in its full commission sitting on Tuesday considered 19 other cases of human rights violations. Most of these matters pertained to suo motu c ognizance of incidents of human rights violations reported by media. These are at various stages of further directions by the commission to the concerned public authorities. NHRC seeks report from Tribal Ministry Wednesday, 30 January 2019 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs to submit a report in six weeks on the progress for inclusion of some communities of Koraput and Sundargarh districts in the Scheduled Tribe s (ST) list of Odisha. The NHRC passed the order based on a petition and subsequent submissions filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy. Earlier, the NHRC asked the Registrar General of India (RGI), to expedite action in respe ct of recommendation of the Tribes Advisory Council, Odisha, for inclusion of Putiya, Putia,Dulia, Dhulia, Putiya Paik,Dulia Paik, Dhulia Paik communities of Koraput district and Bhuiyar, Bhuihar, Bhuinyar, Bhuinhar communities of Sundargarh district in the Scheduled Tribes list of Odisha. In Odisha, the people belonging to these communities are being denied basic necessities, like education, food and shelter due to the fact that they have not been included in the list of Scheduled Tribes by the Governme nt of Odisha, stated Tripathy in the petition. Putiya, Putia,Dulia,Dhulia, Putiya Paik, Dulia Paik, Dhulia Paik, as sub -tribe of Kotia (ST) in caste hierarchy have not figured in the STs, SCs, OBCs or SEBCs list of Odisha from 2003. As a result of which ov er 20,000 Putiya people living in the undivided Koraput district are deprived of getting any benefits in terms of reservation, education, health, livelihood and employment. The State Government had recommended the Centre to include the community in the ST list, Tripathy contended. He requested the commission to intervene into the matter to protect the human rights of the poor people belonging to these communities by including them in the Scheduled Tribes list and provide them benefits of social schemes by t he Government of Odisha in the State. India News On NHRC s directions Gujarat completes bridge to ensure students don’t have to swim to school Tuesday, 29 th January On the directions of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Gujarat government on Tuesday completed construction of a bridge in Junagarh, ensuring that children of Kaneri village do not have to swim across the Ripen river to reach their school.The state government informed the commission today about the completion of the bridge. The commission has now decided to close the case. The commission had registered a case on the basis of a complaint in 2014 that about 50-60 families of Kaneri Tal in Gir Gadhada of Gir Somnath district lived on the opposite side of the Ripen river passing through village Kaneri, locally known as Sim Vistar of Bokharapura.Students belonging to these families had to swim across the river to reach their primary school in village Kanuri. In the monsoon season, it was very difficult for the students to cross the river. To reach the school, the students had to take a detour and reach via Dhrabavad village, covering a distance of 8 kilometers. Besides this matter, the NHRC in its full commission sitting on Tuesday considered 19 other cases of human rights violations. Most of these matters pertained to suo motu cognizance of incidents of human rights violations reported by media. These are at various stages of further directions by the commission to the concerned public authorities. .