FFFAI helds meet at India-Bangladesh border to explore opportunities

The Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India (FFFAI) organised women’s wing delegation visit to India-Bangladesh Border with an objective to explore opportunities as well as understand challenges especially for the women professionals in logistics business. The Women’s Wing of FFFAI paid a visit to Petrapole (India in West Bengal)-Benapole (Bangladesh) border on August 6, 2023 which was led by Chaitaly Mehta, Convenor, Women’s Wing, FFFAI. Mehta said, “Petrapole is managed by the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI) where LPAI administers and manages all the facilities, infrastructure, etc with futuristic views. It was very interesting to learn and see Women working in Petrapole. Women workforce at LPAI constitutes more than 12% of its total employees at this Land Port. The Women Workforce is maximum in BSF followed by Customs, Immigration etc. The purpose of the visit was to understand what differentiates an ICP from an airport to a sea port and ICD, how logistics activities are carried out at an ICP and what exactly is an ICP. Especially, challenges before the women logistics practitioners at a border customs post were the focus area.”