Sub district level meeting held
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, December 28 2020:
A sub district level meeting for Lilong subdivision under Nasha Mukt Bharat Campaign, Thoubal was held at the office of the Sub Divisional Officer, Lilong in Thoubal district today.
The meeting was held under the aegis of the Sub Divisional Officer Lilong, said a statement of the DLC on Nasha Mukt Bharat Campaign (NMBCC), Thoubal.
It was attended by 19 members from different Government departments and representatives of various local civil society organisations.
A Block level committee was constituted with the SDO, Lilong as the Chairman and Child Development Project Officer, Lilong as the Member Secretary.
In the meeting, Sub Divisional Officer Lilong expressed the need to establish a well structured mechanism of the Block Level Committee, Lilong for fighting drug abuse.
Local level Committees comprising local bodies, meira paibis and clubs can be formed to work more effectively in the field of drug prevention, it added.
He also' emphasized on the need to declare a drug free zone in all private and Government schools, colleges, institutions, hospitals, police stations and SDO Office Complex, which is to be followed in letter and spirit within Lilong block.
District Social Welfare Officer, A Kameshwar Singh spoke about the Nasha Mukt Bharat Campaign committee and its various activities and achievements in Thoubal district.
He expressed the need for awareness among the youth and teenagers along with their parents to prevent drug abuse by the youths and also to refer to the IRCAs working in the district for treatment of youths using drugs.
He further urged the members of the Block level Committee to initiate awareness at the Block level in order to curb the ill effects of drugs at Lilong Block.
Y Lakshman Singh, member of NMBCC, Thoubal mentioned the importance of primary prevention of drug abuse at school level and also to reduce the intake of drugs at social gatherings, it added.
He emphasized the importance of the IRCAs in the district for proper treatment of the drug users and informed all the members present to refer the drug addicts to such centres for their treatment and rehabilitation.
Lakshman further appealed to the Block level committee, Lilong for their cooperation in making Nasha Mukt Thoubal district.
The OC, Lilong police station; leaders of ANJUMAN, ALADA and ASEPYDO also assured full cooperation to NMBCC, Thoubal in any form of anti-drug campaign to make Lilong a drug free area.