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14 March 2007, 11:00 PM–The South Asian March Against Child Trafficking covered 110 kilometers to reach dang from lumbini. On the way the March was welcomed at Butwal by the Maya Devi technical Institute, at Bhalbang by the BASE (Tharu people) and at Lamhi by BASE where a public meeting was held. Kailash Satyarthi started by relating the stories of the Nepalese girls who were trafficked into the Indian circuses. He further said that the scourge of child trafficking would end only if the community as a whole works towards abolishing it.
The South Asian March Against Child Trafficking headed for Dang where it got a very warm welcome from the Dang BASE office. The welcome ceremony was filled with colours of different cultures of Rajasthan, Punjab and Nepal. |
