KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has conducted an orientation to the peoples’ representatives from all 32 wards on how the human trafficking could be curbed. The event was held in two phases, with representatives from wards 1 to 16 attending in the first phase and those from wards 17 to 32 in the second.

Deputy Superintendent of Police from the Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau, Basanta Pathak, made presentation, bringing to light the national and international laws against human trafficking and the Bureau’s role in victim protection.

Under secretary at the Ministry of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities, and Social Security, Basant Prasad Panthi, also had the presentation on National Policy against Human Trafficking-2082 and the ministry’s responsibilities in this area.

The people’s representatives were univocal on spreading awareness and intensifying collaboration to combat human trafficking.