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A few days after a senior officials of the town planning wing of the MC was accused of harassing a woman inspector, the civic body constituted an internal complaint committee to report the cases of sexual harassment. Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, July 6Govt apathyThough the Parliament enacted the law to check the sexual harassment of women at workplace in 2013, it has not been implemented in most of the government offices till date. The Act provides for setting up of internal complaint committee, appointment of district officers, constitution of a local committee and nodal officers. It is worth mentioning here that despite the Parliament enacted the law to check the sexual harassment of women at workplace in 2013, it has not been implemented in most of the government offices till date. Observing the sensitivity of the case, the MC has finally set up the panel..