Arunachal district forms panels for listing minors to check human trafficking 

The Changlang district administration in Arunachal Pradesh panels to prepare list of minors who have migrated out of the district other than education

GUWAHATI:

The Changlang district administration in southern Arunachal Pradesh has issued an order forming panels to prepare a village-wise list of minors who have migrated out of the district for purposes other than education. 

The order, issued on March 27, follows the case of a minor missing from the district for some time and reports of girls on either side of 18 years sent off by their families without formal agreements to work as housemaids elsewhere in the country. 

Most minors and girls above 18 years of age missing or staying away from their homes for months are from the Chakma and Adivasi communities, officials in the district said. 

Changlang’s Deputy Commissioner, Sunny K. Singh said a committee each has been formed for Bordumsa, Diyun, Miao, Namphai and Kharsang circles in the district. Most of the cases have been reported from Bordumsa and Diyun circles. 

Apart from the administrative and police heads of a circle, each committee has the district labour officer, a member of the Child Welfare Committee concerned and a representative from an active NGO, women’s group or students’ union nominated by an appropriate authority. 

“Reports on children being trafficked by fraudulent employers from the district are alarming. If these reports are right, it amounts to the blatant undermining of the rights of children,” Mr. Singh said.