DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 2: Under the aegis of Legal Services Authority, the Nagaland state legal services authority today started the nationwide “two day mass door to door campaign” across the state of Nagaland.
The campaign was undertaken with the goal to spread the message of legal services and spread information about access to justice for all at the grassroots level ‘with broadest level of outreach,’ the organizers informed in a press release on Wednesday.
“The first day of the mass door to door campaign received extensive support and cooperation from the general public and citizens from all walks of life,” the legal services informed.
“The para legal volunteers serving under various district headquarters were mobilize and started the door to door campaign in the early hour, covering 20-30 household by each paralegal volunteer,” the press release stated.
“The para legal volunteers during the campaign made direct contact with the common man and distributed free legal literature and literacy books, pamphlets, flyers with brief illustration, carrying the message on basic laws, provisions on legal rights, legal services institutions and availability of free legal services.”
With the support and assistance from panel lawyers, the district legal services authorities also took the campaign to the courts, police department, government offices, churches, schools and colleges, colonies and into the villages, the organizers said.
“The public encountered during the campaign were made literate about the legal services institutions and availability of free legal services for the weaker and marginalized sections. The beneficiaries of the campaign were also informed on legal provision, rights and schemes that can benefit a victims of crimes, women, children, senior citizens, consumers and RTI applicants,” the organizers added.
