RPF indicators MoU with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s Children Foundation to finish youngster trafficking
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Railway Protection Force (RPF) has taken a cudgel to curb human trafficking within the nation by means of railways in affiliation with Association for Voluntary Action (AVA).
The Association for Voluntary Action, which can be identified by the title Bachpan Bachao Andolan, is related to Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s Children Foundation. The RPF signed an MoU on Friday to work on the mission to finish human trafficking by means of railways within the nation, working successfully underneath railways.
ADG PR (Railway) Rajiv Jain instructed the media on Friday that greater than 50,000 kids have been rescued by the RPF underneath “Operation Nanhe Frishte” from throughout the nation since 2018 working with completely different stakeholders.
Jain mentioned the RPF has just lately additionally launched a nationwide drive in opposition to trafficking, referred to as “Operation AAHT (Action against Human Trafficking)” to take stringent motion in opposition to human trafficking by means of rail. Jain mentioned greater than 1400 minors, together with 298 minor women, have been rescued just lately from the clutches of traffickers underneath it.
Besides all this, the RPF has additionally arrange Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) at greater than 740 places throughout India to step up surveillance and act in opposition to the human-trafficking within the coordination of different companies on this subject.
Recently, RPF DG Sanjay Chander had mentioned MoU with Rajni Sibal- CEO of Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF) in presence of Kailash Satyarthi. Finally, the MoU was signed on Friday. The RPF personnel deployed at railway stations and trains are strategically positioned to intercept the trafficking earlier than the sufferer reaches the vacation spot and the exploitation begins.
Meanwhile, the RPF sources mentioned that prime surveillance and random checks are performed in trains coming from the northeast sides to Mumbai and different northern and southern states. “Whenever we see kids or anybody in suspicious circumstances travelling in practice, we intercept them”, a senior RPF official mentioned.
The Indian Railway is the first transporter for the nation and subsequently is a serious route for human traffickers.
“The RPF personnel are strategically positioned to intercept the trafficking before the victim reaches the destination and the exploitation starts”, Jain mentioned, including that the RPF can complement the nation’s efforts to curb human trafficking with its pan India strategic positioning and attain.
