The Pauri district police having launched a month-long drive against drug addiction, a seminar ‘Nasha Mukti-Pauri Gharwal’ was organised in Pauri town on Friday where the district magistrate, Sushil Kumar and senior superintendent of police Jagat Ram Joshi exhorted the youth to steer clear of the addiction to contrabands while warning them of the dreaded consequences such addiction entails.
Over 900 people, including the students and teachers of different institutions, aside from some police personnel, attended. A play was presented on the occasion to make the people aware of the hazards such addiction spawns.
DM said in his address that the drug addiction is spreading its tentacles among the youth spells danger to the society as a whole. “Cyber crime coupled with addiction to narcotics has presented a grim challenge to one and all. Awareness is thus a must to have these evils eradicated,” he said.
He further said that the youth forming nearly 65 percent of the Indian population, they must be led in the right direction. “The message that they are the future of the nation should go from the seminar,” he said. While referring to the stress being now laid on cashless transaction, he said that despite it having made things easier, all must be alert while using their ATM and other cards.
SHO Police Kotwali Pramod Uniyal dwelt at length on the disadvantages of drug addiction while cautioning all against indulging in the ‘Blue Whale Challange’ game, cyber crime, and lottery. “These things are happening now thick and fast, we all must be on our guard against falling prey to them,” he said.
SSP Joshi said that two teams have been constituted under Jodh Ram Joshi CO Kotdwar and Anoop Kala, radio officer, for the drive against drug addiction and the teams would launch awareness campaign in 82 places, both in the urban and rural areas, across the district.
At the crime meeting held after this seminar, SSP Joshi instructed the police station in-charges to launch drive against over loading, triple riding, reckless driving, drunk driving, illegal sale of liquor and smuggling from September 11.
Among others present at the seminar were the chief development officer Vijay Jogdande and SDM Negi.