Debasree Chaudhuri, the newly appointed junior minister for women and child development, said on Saturday that she would focus on tackling human trafficking from Bengal and sought the state government’s cooperation to combat the menace. I would like to focus on women and child trafficking in the state as it is a major problem here. Sources in the state administration said human trafficking remained a concern despite several initiatives taken by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee since she took over as chief minister in 2011. Officials in Bengal said it should be a joint effort by the state as well as the Centre. Sources in the Bengal home department said the state government always worked in tandem with the Centre to prevent human trafficking.

Source: The Telegraph June 01, 2019 20:37 UTC