Bhubaneswar, Nov. 24 -- Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to designate special officer to deal with the complaints of transgenders in a bid to end the harassment and hassles people from the community face in government offices.

The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has written to the secretaries in all departments under the state government to designate 'Complaint Officers' in all offices in their respective departments. The officers will deal with allegation related to the violation of Provisions under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.

Section-11 of the Act mandates that all government offices should designate special officers to look into the complaints made...