After inviting online suggestions from the general public through the launch of a web portal, the expert committee set up by the Uttarakhand government on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has started reaching out to the people residing in different parts of the State. The committee headed by Justice (retd), Ranjana Prakash Desai has been mandated to prepare a report on implementation of UCC in the State.

On Saturday the members of the committee started the tour of the State from the remote Mana village located in Chamoli district. A meeting was organised in the village on the day in which the committee members sought suggestions from the villagers. The residents of Mana and nearby areas also gave information about their customs and traditions to the committee members. Rural women attended the programme in their traditional attire. Suggestions were given by the college students, teachers, women of the Self Help Groups (SHG). 

The members of the committee former chief secretary Shatrughna Singh, social activist Manu Gaur and vice chancellor of Doon University Surekha Dangwal held interactive sessions with the villagers in the meeting. The committee members would visit Hanol, Purola, Uttarkashi and other areas during their visit. The Kumaon leg of the expert committee's tour would commence from October 15. The committee members would interact with the local people especially women and youth on the issues of marriage, patronage, divorce, adoption, property rights and others and would include them in its report.