NHRC team to visit Uttarakhand

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will send a team to Uttarakhand next week to take assess the relief and rehabilitation work being undertaken there following last month's devastating floods.
The five-member team, headed by Director Ggeneral (Investigation) Kanwaljit Deol, will visit Uttarakhand between July 15 and July 18 for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation, the NHRC said in a statement.
The other members of the team include A K Garg, Registrar (Law), A K Parashar, Joint Registrar (Law), P D Prasad, SSP and C S Mawri, Assistant Registrar (Law).
Incessant rains in Uttarakhand for over three days from June 14 triggered flashfloods and landslides leading to hundreds of deaths.

Over 100,000 people were evacuated in a 15-day long rescue operation jointly by Army, Indian Air Force, Navy, ITBP, BSF and NDRF teams.
Around 4,000 people are still missing.

The team would be holding a meeting with senior state government officers on July 16 in Dehradun.
"It will also hold meetings with the NGOs and visit the worst-affected areas," it said.
The team would make assessment of the number of deaths, relief camps, accessibility of food and drinking water and alternate arrangements for rehabilitation of affected people among others.
The team would also look into assistance to farmers, medical facilities, provisions for the last rites of the dead, safety and security of the people, restoration of infrastructure, disaster management system and monetary relief, among others, it added.