Programmes held across Rajouri to mark day against drugs abuse

(In Budhal )

Rajouri,June 26:-In order to mark international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking and to make people aware about the menace of addiction among youth, Jammu and Kashmir police organised a series of events across Rajouri district on Wednesday.

These programmes were held under the supervision of Additional SP Rajouri Liyaqit Ali and Additional SP Nowshera GL Sharma and under the overall supervision of SSP Rajouri Yougal Manhas covering all the parts of the district.

In Budhal, a debate competition on ‘ill effects of drugs addiction’ was held at Budhal higher secondary school in which Judicial Magistrate Shafeeq Ahmed, Additional SP Rajouri Liyaqit Ali, Dr. Ranjan from army unit, Station House Officer Budhal Sanjay Raina, Naib Tehsildar Budhal, school principal and a number of civil society members were present while a large number of school students were also present.

Solki Kalakote

Besides debate, lecture on awareness against the drugs menace was also delivered in the programme. Earlier, an awareness rally was also taken out in Budhal in which a large number of students and locals took part.

In Sunderbani, an awareness programme on drugs addiction and illict trafficking was held at Sunderbani court complex in which prosecuting officer Yuvraj Singh among a number of advocates were present.

A semimar on the said theme was also held at higher secondary school Manjakote in which Tehsildar Manjakote Sageer Chowdhary, SDPO Manjakote Nisar Khoja, SHO Manjakote Manzoor Kohli and a number of other officials and civil society members besides school students were present.

An awareness rally on ‘drugs abuse’ was earlier taken out in Manjakote area in which participants spread awareness against the menace.

In government higher secondary school Solki, an awareness programme was held for students and locals which was chaired by SHO Dharamsal Amit Singh along with other officials and civil society members. Students were made aware about drugs abuse and its ill effects and need to fight this menace with coordination from all stakeholders of society.

An awareness rally against ‘drugs abuse and illicit trafficking’ was also taken out in Kotranka by police in collaboration with staff from District Institute of Education and Training Rajouri. Students from higher secondary school Kandi Kotranka and civil society members took part in the rally holding placards against the menace.

An awareness programme was also held at himalayan education mission school in Rajouri in which DySP HQrs Rajouri Govind Rattan, SHO Rajouri Ajaz Haider, DySP (Prob.) Dr. Ishan Gupta and Incharge Police Post Rajouri city, SI Suresh Sharma were present while school staff and students were present. Students were made aware about the menace of drugs addiction and they were motivated to become ambassadors of war against drugs in society.

In Thanamandi, an awareness rally was held at tehsil headquarter in which Sub Divisional Magistrate Thanamandi, Dr. Tanveer Khan, Sub Divisional Police Officer Thanamandi, Mohammad Sidiq, Tehsildar Thanamandi Anjum Khan, Station House Officer Javed Malik and civil society members and a large number of students from education institutions were present. Amid holding placards of awareness against drugs addiction, participants also raised slogans against the menace.

An awareness programme headed by Station House Officer Sunderbani Naveen Angral was also held in which students from educational institutions of the area took part.

They were made aware about the menace and were appealed for raising voice at every level of society against thie menace.
A talk was delivered to the students and other participants in a similar program at ITI Rajouri by SSP Rajouri Yougal Manhas in presence of DC Rajouri Mohd Aijaz Asad who chaired the programme and also launched bhang destruction derive.