(District–Murshidabad)
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 27, 2023, from 1400 hrs to 1445 hrs, Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Border Outpost Jalangi, 141 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier and ‘Ashray Trust’ NGO, organized an awareness program related to prevention of human trafficking and other crimes at Jalangi Balika Vidhalaya.
In this awareness programme, the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of BSF informed the girls on topics like human trafficking, child marriage, child abuse, child labour, gender discrimination, misuse of Social Media and importance of education etc. About 11 teachers and 160 school girls and 02 members of NGO participated in the awareness programme.
The teachers and students expressed their gratitude to BSF for organizing this program and urged the jawans to organize such awareness programs in future also.
A K Arya, DIG, spokesperson of BSF South Bengal Frontier 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.
