Share your story and shine at JK Monitor!đ Welcome to JK Monitor, where every story matters and every achievement is celebrated! We invite you to share the remarkable journey of your life and showcase your accomplishments to the world. Join our exclusive interviews that honor exceptional individuals just like you. - Calls for mass awareness, crackdown on narcotic trafficking
KATHUA: Deputy Commissioner Kathua Rajesh Sharma today chaired a meeting to review the implementation of drug control measures under NCORD initiative and the ongoing 100 Day Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan(NMJKA) in the district.
The Deputy Commissioner took a first-hand appraisal of the anti-drug and anti-narcotics initiatives launched by the enforcement departments. He stressed the need to give further push to awareness and enforcement activities by adopting innovative and result-oriented approaches. âThe fight against drug abuse requires collective and sustained efforts involving all stakeholdersâ he stressed and called for intensifying awareness campaigns at the grassroots level.
The departments of Education, Social Welfare, Youth Services and Sports and Excise were asked to organize age-group specific activities to spread awareness among youth and vulnerable sections of society. âThe awareness initiatives shall be complemented by strict enforcement measures with the active involvement of Police, Excise, RTO and Tehsildars to ensure effective monitoring and control over narcotics-related activities,â he maintained.
Additional Deputy Commissioners and Sub-Divisional Magistrates were directed to identify drug peddlers operating in their respective jurisdictions and initiate confiscation of their properties as per the legal provisions.
The SSP Mohita Sharma called upon banks to remain vigilant and promptly share information regarding suspicious financial transactions, particularly accounts reflecting sudden abnormal monetary activity, to help track and curb narcotics-related transactions and financial networks linked to drug peddling.
The Agriculture Department was asked to closely monitor and report instances of illegal cultivation or wild growth of cannabis and poppy so that timely action can be taken for its eradication. Similarly, the Assistant Controller Drugs was directed to keep strict vigil on the sale of scheduled drugs and ensure compliance with all prescribed regulations.
The meeting also reviewed the progress achieved in areas related to rehabilitation, lifestyle counselling, parent counselling during Parent-Teacher Meetings and advocacy campaigns aimed at creating awareness against drug abuse.
Highlighting the role of social and religious institutions, the Deputy Commissioner called for roping in heads of religious institutions to motivate communities and reinforce moral responsibility in combating the drug menace.
The functioning of Mahila Samitis mandated under the campaign was also reviewed. It was decided to strengthen these committees and ensure close liaison with Police for monitoring and reporting suspicious narcotics-related activities in local areas.
ADC Basohli Pankaj Bhagotra, ADC Vishavjeet Singh, RTO Surinder Sharma, SDM Hiranagar Phulail Singh, ACD, CMO, district and sectoral officers of civil administration besides officers of BSF were also present.
