(District–North 24 Parganas)
The BSF deployed on the India-Bangladesh border is not only guarding the international border but also organizes awareness programs from time to time to curb the crimes and misdeeds happening on the border. In this connection, on July 18, 2023, from 1130 hrs to 1245 hrs, Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Border Outpost Ghojadanga, 153 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier and ‘Marry Ward Social Centre’ NGO organized an awareness program related to prevention of human trafficking and other crimes at Kaijuri village.
In this awareness programme, the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of BSF and ‘Marry Ward Social Centre’ NGO informed the villagers on topics like human trafficking, child marriage, child abuse, child labour, gender discrimination and importance of education etc. 50 girls and villagers of the participated in the awareness programme.
The villagers expressed their gratitude to BSF for organizing this program and urged the jawans to organize such awareness programs in future also.
The Commanding Officer of 153 Battalion stated that such programs are organized from time to time to build better relations between the border population and BSF. He also added that there is a need to give good education to the children to make them good citizens.
