Intensified IEC activities connecting civil society, Youth, religious leaders, Social Media Influencers to combat drug menace
Joint inspection teams constituted to conduct random testing of vulnerable groups
SRINAGAR JULY 18:- A meeting of District Level Committee of Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) was today held under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner(DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad at Conference Hall of DC Office Complex in order to discuss the comprehensive strategy to counter the menace of drug abuse in Srinagar.
The DC reviewed the implementation of the measures taken and progress achieved to eliminate drug abuse and its peddling from the Srinagar District particularly during the last two months.
The meeting among others was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Syed Shabir Ahmad, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Syed Ahmad Kataria, Superintendent of Police, Arif Amin Shah, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, SDM East, Chief Education Officer, District Social Welfare Officer, DDMO Srinagar, besides Nodal Officer Colleges, representative from Private Schools Association, Incharge Drug De-addiction Centre SMHS Hospital, Incharge ATF, SKIMS Bemina and other concerned.
At the outset, the DC took a detailed appraisal from concerned members of NCORD Committee regarding the present scenario of drug related occurrences, areas of concern, age group of addicts, hot spots of drug abuse in the District.
The DC took feedback from the members of the Committee including SP Headquarter, Incharge Drug De-addiction Centre SMHS Hospital and Incharge ATF, SKIMS Bemina who presented the latest report related to action taken against drug addiction and drug trafficking in the last 2 months in the District.
