District Collector OP Chaudhary directed the district administration officials to take stern action against persons found involved in human trafficking and initiate all necessary steps for the rehabilitation of victims.
He was addressing the meeting of district level monitoring committee for stopping human trafficking.Chaudhary said that police, revenue, labour, woman and child development, tribal welfare and health department should jointly take initiatives for checking human trafficking.He further asked to maintain the record of people leaving a village along with reason mentioned for their movement.The Collector asked the officials to continuously monitor the register and keep the Jila Panchayat update every month in this regard.
Chaudhary also asked officials to identify name of agent and agencies who are involved in human trafficking in name of employment.Surprise checks of hotel, dhabas, brick kilns and industries should be also carried out, he said, adding, if anyone is found involved in employing child labour then stern action must be taken against them.
It may be recalled that Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Friday last convened a meeting of senior officials from various departments to review steps taken for safety of women and children in Chhattisgarh.During the meeting which was held at the Mantralaya in Naya Raipur, Dhand had told officers to initiate concrete steps for putting an end to illegal human trafficking trade from the State.
He asked the officials to work in coordination with each other and ensure that the directives issued in this connection are fully complied with.The Chief Secretary issued directives to State-level Committee constituted for stopping trafficking of women and children.
He strictly directed all district collectors to ensure that record of every person going out of any village is maintained at Gram Panchayat level.“The record must contain information about woman, children and men going to other states in search of work,” he said, adding, the records should be checked randomly.
He further directed the district-level committees to call regular meetings and initiated steps needed for checking human trafficking.The Chief Secretary asked the members of the committees to organise workshops and awareness camps on illegal human trafficking issue.Dhand directed the police to set up check posts jointly with Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the bordering districts with other states.
He further reviewed the rehabilitation plans and livelihood assistance provided to the victims of human trafficking trade.Dhand also informed officials about directives of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and asked them to ensure its complete compliance in the State.
Director General of Police AN Upadhyay, Additional Chief Secretary , Finance, DS Misra, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, NK Aswal, Secretary, Women and Child Welfare Department Dinesh Shrivastava and other officials had attended the meeting.