Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched a web portal SAACAR – ‘Single Window Application Atrocity Compensation Assistance and Relief’— for end-to-end processing of atrocity cases registered in various police stations.
Launching the portal on virtual platform, the Chief Minister said that the portal will help in faster investigation and quick compensation payment. He said, ‘This portal will facilitate faster investigation and payment of compensation in first phase to the victims in SC-ST atrocity cases within a period of 21 days.’ He said that the Online SAACAR portal will be able to avoid the delay caused by the existing manual system of enquiry and payment of compensation to the victims.
The Odisha CM thanked the Home Department, ST & SC Development Department and Revenue & Disaster Management Department for developing this portal. “This portal will increase efficiency in the delivery mechanism of the Government of Odisha through the 5T initiative,” he added.
Attending the programme Revenue & Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallick, ST-SC Development Department Minister Jagannath Saraka and Minister of State for Home Tusharkanti Behera outlined the vision of the Chief Minister for the development and welfare of ST-SC communities. This is yet one more step to provide quicker justice and relief to these communities, they added.
Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, DGP Sunil Bansal and other senior officers were present. Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian moderated the programme.
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