The Individual Social Responsibility (ISR) has begun an awareness drive from December 3, 2018 to sensitise people about their individual responsibility to curb acid attacks on women and girls in the State.
Notably, as many as 35 women have been victim of acid attacks during the last eight years in the State.
The ISR would hold the drive till January 26, 2019 in eight districts of the State. Recently, an awareness team led by Sangeeta Sahoo reached here and distributed awareness posters to chemists and druggists at different places.
The ISR members also sensitised the owners and staffs of stores about the bad effects of acids. During the drive, Barsa Mallick, Subham Jyoti, Jyotiranjan Mohanty, Jatni police station IIC Biswaranjan Sahu and Khordha Town PS IIC Ranjit Kumar Sahu were present.