DC reviews efforts on making Patiala drug-free

Deputy Commissioner Preeti Yadav has called for adopting a comprehensive approach for eliminating drugs. Reviewing the conviction of those caught in drug trafficking cases, she said the investigating officers of the police should be trained so that no drug trafficker was acquitted in court.

The DC was reviewing the joint strategy of the civil administration and police to make Patiala district drug-free in a meeting of the District-level Committee on Narco Coordination Centre Mechanism and Drug-Free India Campaign.

Yadav emphasised that the Patiala Police should rehabilitate those involved in the drug trafficking business in the 37 hotspot drug trafficking areas identified in the district.

To drug inspectors, the DC instructed that whenever controlled drugs like pregabalin are seized, a complete investigative report should be presented to the committee regarding where these drugs came from and where were these going. She said chemist association should be taken along to stop the sale of drugs and continuous checking should be done.

The DC instructed the District Education Officers to give a certificate to each school, primary and senior secondary school, stating that no tobacco products or any other drugs are being sold within 100 metre the radius of the institution.

She said it should be widely publicised in all schools and colleges that health should be chosen over drugs, for which more youth clubs and young people should be involved.

Emphasising the need to further intensify the anti-drug campaign in the district, the DC said in order to keep youngsters away from drugs, more attention should be paid to sports in the district and young people should be involved in other extra-curricular activities.