DC Reasi Babila Rakwal chairs NCORD meeting

Reasi : A meeting of District Level Committee of Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) was held today here under the Chairpersonship of Deputy Commissioner Reasi Babila Rakwal to discuss the Action Plan to counter the menace of drug abuse in the district.The DC reviewed the implementation of the measures taken and progress achieved to eliminate drug abuse and its peddling.
At the outset, the DC took a detailed appraisal from concerned members of NCORD Committee regarding the present scenario of drug related occurrences, areas of concern, age group of addicts and hot spots of drug abuse in the District.
The DC took feedback from the all the block officers and laid thrust on further intensifying IEC campaigns in Schools and Colleges to sensitize students and common masses about ill effects of drugs as well as encouraging healthy activities and hobbies to discourage drug abuse.
The DC also directed the concerned officers to ask the owners of all medical shops, clinical establishments to install CCTV cameras for surveillance with regard to the containment of sale of psychotropic drugs.
The Deputy Commissioner emphasized that the Reasi Administration has adopted a zero tolerance policy against drug suppliers and traffickers.SSP Reasi Amit Gupta, ADC Abdual Star, Dy. SP Reasi Neeraj Padyar, SDM Katra Deepak Dubey, Tehsildar Reasi, District Social Officer, CMO Reasi, Drug Inspector and other concerned.