The meeting of the District Level Tobacco Control Coordination Committee of the National Tobacco Control Program was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Development Commissioner Jaikishore Prasad at the meeting room of the Collectorate,here on Thursday.
The progress made so far was discussed in the meeting, while Deputy Development Commissioner Jaikishore Prasad directed the Police Department to pay special attention to the entry points of all the border areas of the district and ensure that raids are conducted by all the police stations.
Along with this, the DDC asked to prepare a road map within a week and take further action by the Deputy Development Commissioner to create a No Tobacco Zone. Prasad decided in the meeting that the Education Department needs to pay special attention to curb tobacco.
To declare all the schools tobacco free, the schools were asked to work as per the departmental order. At the same time, he directed all the station in-charges and the district raiding squad to ensure that action is taken against all the shopkeepers selling tobacco products coming within the radius of 100 yards near the school.
The DDC directed the SAIL representatives to put up a Tobacco Free Zone Board at all the gates of the plant and administrative offices under Bokaro SAIL and toll for giving up tobacco in the LED screen running at Mahatma Gandhi Chowk, Sector-4. Free No. 1800-11-2356 was also added and asked to be displayed on the screen.
District Consultant Mohd Aslam gave detailed information on the progress of the tobacco control program in the financial year 2021-22. It was told by him that in the financial year 2020-21, Bokaro district had to declare a total of 300 schools as tobacco free educational institutions.