The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will conduct a three-day event in the city to hear out complaints of rights violation.

The open-air hearing will continue from April 21 to 23. People, mostly belonging to the Scheduled Castes community, will be provided an opportunity to narrate their tales. NHRC chairperson H L Dattu will inaugurate the programme on April 21.

A three-bench commission comprising Justice Cyriac Joseph, Justice D. Murugesan and S.C.Sinha, all members of the commission, will take up 67 cases for hearing in the presence of senior state government officials on April 21.

NHRC will apprise people about the hearing through the media. The commission will take up 21 pending cases for hearing at the camp on the second day. In addition, 11 cases will be heard by a full bench of the commission and 10 cases by the division benches. These cases include the death of 100 people in Darbhanga because of cancer, and death caused by electrocution.

On the concluding day, the commission will hold a meeting with non-government organisation representatives.

The state chief secretary, director-general of police, district magistrates and superintendents of police will be asked to attend the meeting. NHRC sources said issues pertaining to vacancies of doctors, para-medical staff in public health centres, problems related to implementation of social welfare schemes, MNREGA, public distribution system, shortage of teachers in schools and others will be discussed at the meeting.

The commission will also take stock of the situation prevailing in prisons, juvenile reform centres and rehabilitation programmes launched by the government for rescued and released bonded and child labourers. The commission has already sent teams to East Champaran, Bhojpur, Jamui and Katihar districts to monitor some of the flagship social welfare programmes.

The programme was launched on the recommendation of retired IAS officer K. B. Saxena, who had conducted a study on the condition of people from backward classes.