With the aim to reach out to weaker and marginalized sections of society, the 11 district legal services authorities of Dimapur, Kiphire, Tuensang, Mon, Peren, Phek, Wokha, Zunheboto, Longleng and Mon successfully carried out a ten-day nationwide door-to-door campaign across the state from November 9 to 18.
A press release from the NSLSA’s public relation assistant stated that teams of para-legal volunteers, headed by panel lawyers, covered a total of 160 towns and villages, 10813 households and 42,799 beneficiaries.
Door-to-door campaigning is one of the most effective ways to apprise the public about the activities being carried out by an institution, the release stated. The teams carried literatures in English and local dialects consisting of pamphlets, brochures, booklets etc., reflecting the objectives and activities of legal services institutions and welfare schemes available under the state government.
They also identified people who were in need of legal assistance but had not taken legal recourse on account of economic or other problems.