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Kalyan Das

Trafficking Risk Spurs Vigilance: NGOs, officials step up checks on flood-hit children; over 1,200 in camps

DEHRADUN:The risk of child trafficking has risen sharply in flood-hit Nepal, where at least 1,283 children are living in relief camps and 102 have no family members with them, prompting anti-trafficking groups to plan road checkposts, identify vulnerable children and monitor camps in areas devastated by the Aug 26 flash floods. Unicef has separately said more than 22,000 children urgently need sanitation, hygiene and food assistance.

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