The transit home Mahendranagar was established in 2003 and it is located at Mahendranagar Municipality, Jantatole, Ward No. 10, bordering with Indian state of Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in the West and South. In the East, Kanchanpur district is encompassed by Kailali and Doti and in the North by Dadeldhura District.
The area is particularly high-risk areas in regard to women trafficking as it borders to India. Besides, there are different smaller routes leading to India. There are no documentation procedures and system of proper identification for nationals of both sides of the border; this has made it easy for traffickers to abscond with innocent girls.
Therefore, Transit Home in collaboration with Border Police Officials is working to improve anti-trafficking efforts through various considerable approaches.