AMN /
The West Bengal Government has started a special programme for sex workers and for women saved from the clutches of traffickers. The State Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee inaugurated a programme aimed towards this, called ‘Muktir Alo’, in Kolkata today. She said, that this programme has been started for the deprived and the neglected in the society. In this programme, a total of 2 thousand 5 hundred rupees will be granted to each sex worker and to those rescued from the human traffickers.
Besides this, different types of training will be imparted to them, to make them self reliant. These women will get scope for work in different self-help groups and other non-government organizations, after training. Besides this, any one wanting to carry on an independent business, will be given a one-time grant of 25 thousand rupees.