Lucknow, March 12 -- The Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes Commission on Tuesday decided to constitute committees in every division to address complaints and expedite proceedings in pending cases.

The commission also decided to make video conferencing system robust so that complainants from far off places can virtually attend the commission's hearings.

The state government has divided the state into 18 divisions for the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes Commission.

Each division is headed by a member of the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission.

Presiding over the meeting, chairman of the commission Baijnath Rawat, a former BJP MLA, laid stress on making the video conferencing...