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The 40th day of Citizen user and civic Action Group (CAG), a voluntary organisation, was celebrated successful Chennai connected Tuesday.
Participating successful the celebrations, erstwhile justice of the Madras High Court Justice K.P. Sivasubramaniam noted that the CAG was formed adjacent earlier the Consumer Protection Act of 1986 was enacted. He said, for an instauration similar CAG to successfully past for 4 decades reflects the selfless work by the founding trustees assisted by a squad of individuals with nationalist spirit.
“Consumerism is an integral portion of the palmy ideology concerning the needs of the buyer, hirer, and the beneficiary who signifier the biggest chunk of the population. It is simply a substance of involvement that the CAG is adjacent anterior to the Consumer Protection Act of 1986 arsenic it started its activities successful 1985 itself and is going beardown now,” helium added.
Sriram Panchu, founding subordinate of the CAG Board, said, “We were besides benignant of unsocial due to the fact that we were challenging the decisions of the government, we were critiquing the legislature, we were taking a stance connected issues that impact citizens.”
He said the organisation’s members volition proceed with their basal strengths of integrity, of solidity of work, of openness, and keeping the basal extremity of serving the communal good.
On the occasion, helium remembered the services of Tara Murali, an architect, trustee of the Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) and woman of N. Murali, Director of The Hindu Group of Publications. “She was the baton and root of inspiration to us. She volition ne'er beryllium forgotten,” helium added.
Mr. Murali said Tara was intimately associated and progressive successful the activities of CAG for astir 3 decades. “Among the NGOs that she was progressive in, I deliberation I person nary uncertainty that CAG was closest to her heart,” helium added.
He said organisations similar CAG play a relation successful making an interaction and motivating the assemblage arsenic a full to get progressive successful protecting and safeguarding their ain rights. “CAG has established large credibility, resilience, and solidity, due to the fact that it doesn’t instrumentality up issues connected a frivolous ground oregon successful an uninformed way,” helium added.
S Saroja, enforcement manager of CAG, said, CAG began arsenic a tiny radical of passionate individuals determined to support user rights and beforehand civic engagement. “Over the years, CAG has grown into a vibrant organisation that champions transparency, accountability, and sustainability crossed Tamil Nadu and adjacent nationally,” she said.
K. Phanindra Reddy, retired IAS officer, Suchitra Ramkumar, pedagogue and trustee connected the CAG Board, N.L. Rajah, elder advocator and advisor connected the CAG Board and Girish, Assistant Mission Director, TN Climate Change Mission participated.
Several contributors, partners, and unit of CAG were honoured astatine the event.
