Kappatralla will be first village in A.P. to be drug-free, says EAGLE Chief
Mr. Ravikrishna, along with Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikrant Patel, participated in the Mega Teachers-Parents Meet (PTM) 2.0 held in the Zilla Parishad school in Kappatralla on Thursday. Mr. Ravikrishna had adopted Kappatralla and has been taking up several initiatives for the development of the village that was once a hotbed of factionalism.
The IG and SP released 'Drugs Vaddu Bro' (Say No to Drugs Brother) posters intended to create awareness on the ill-effects of drugs among students and youth. Posters on how students resort to crime under the influence of drugs and others were also released on the occasion.
Mr. Ravikrishna said that the meeting was held considering the future of students and children. 'Youth should focus on education and not fall prey to drugs. They should inculcate the habit of reading books,' he said. He added that a society free of drugs should be the goal and every individual must join hands to achieve it.
Meanwhile, Mr. Vikrant Patel urged the students and villagers to give information about illegal transportation, sale or cultivation of ganja and drugs on the tollfree number 1972. He said that the identity of the informant would be kept a secret. The SP also handed over cash incentives to students who secured first, second and third rank respectively in Class IX and X examinations. Later, the IG and SP had lunch with the students of the school.
Before the meeting, Mr. Ravikrishna had distributed fruit-bearing plants to farmers in the mandal, which were provided by Say Trees and Nava Yuvatha Association. He also went around the fruit gardens in the village, distributed agriculture tools to the farmers, and inaugurated a biogas plant in the village.
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