Closed circuit TV cameras would be installed at vantage points in nine districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering, or in close proximity, to Nepal for keeping a close watch on human trafficking from across the border. While the border intelligence units have been sensitized, the State Government on Thursday issued directives for intensifying patrolling in the nine districts.
These districts are Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Bahraich, Shravasti, Sidhhartnagar, Pilibhit, Balrampur and Lakhimpur Kheri.
These directives were issued by the Principal Secretary ( Home), Devashish Panda following a review meeting through video conferencing on the steps taken to check human trafficking from on Indo Nepal border in the State. Apart from the District Magistrates and SPs of the nine districts, officials of the Shashastra Seema Bal participated in the video conferencing.
Instructions were issued for better coordination between the district officials, police administration.
