Rights Body Notice To Delhi, UP, Haryana On Farmers Breaking Covid Rules

The NHRC has asked then to file within four weeks action taken reports regarding the steps taken to control the spread of COVID-19 infection at the protest sites.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments over allegations of flouting of COVID safety norms by farmers protesting at the borders against the farm laws. It has asked then to file within four weeks action taken reports regarding the steps taken to control the spread of COVID-19 infection at the protest sites. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the NHRC said that India is reeling under a "scary" second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and these protesters are not only putting their lives in danger but also posing a risk to the others in rural areas as "potential carriers" of the virus. "The NHRC has taken cognisance of a complaint that the mass gatherings of protesting farmers, flouting COVID-appropriate behaviour, are against the very rules/norms laid down by the central government and the advisory of the Commission itself as safeguards against the pandemic," the statement said.