Toll free number issued for people to alert admin in fight against narcotics
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Jamshedpur: Aiming to involve the community in its fight against the growing use of narcotic substances in the society, the
East Singhbhum district administration
has issued a toll free number with an appeal to the people to alert the administration on sighting the transportation, stocking, sale and consumption of the substance.
People can call on 112 or 0657-2431028 toll free numbers and cooperate with the administration in the prevention of the use of the banned substance, said DC Ananya Mittal.
Further, police station wise awareness programmes with the schools will be organised to educate the young population about the physical, mental and economical implications of the consumption of drugs and substances.
The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) volunteers will join the awareness sessions to make the students and their respective parents comprehend the ill effects of the use of the narcotic materials.
Besides, the Prahari clubs, which is a body in the schools to regulate the campaign against the use of narcotics, will be strengthened for effective awareness programmes, the DC said.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the DC reviewed the activities of the District Narcotics Coordination Committee (DNCC) and issued fresh directions. All medicine shops in the district will now have to display the list of regulated drugs which are available at the shop.
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Besides, the shopkeepers will have to provide the audit of the regulated drugs every month to the drug inspector.
Apart from the above mentioned measures, the district agriculture officer will conduct surveys of the agricultural fields to identify the poppy plantation sites and coordinate with concerned agencies for preventive action.
The measures which would come into effect from the third week of May have been taken following the arrest of 36 people in 13 separate cases lodged under NDPS Act between January and April this year. Besides, 87 kgs of cannabis have been recovered by the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Tatanagar railway station in the first four months of the current year.
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