AR units conduct lectures on cleanliness, drug menace
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 20 2023:
Phundrei Battalion of IGAR (South) organised a lecture on importance of sanitisation at Sanatombi High School, Wabagai in Kakching district on Friday to promote Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and encourage students to strive for cleanliness of the society.
The event was aimed at inculcating a positive attitude among the students towards healthy sanitisation practices, said a PRO IGAR (S) release, adding that 80 students and 10 staff participated in the lecture with full zeal and enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, Mantripukhri Battalion of IGAR (South) organised a lecture on "ill effect of drug abuse" as part of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (NMBA) for the students of Maheikol Higher Secondary School at Kangla Chingarel in Imphal East district on Friday.
The awareness lecture was conducted to encourage prevention from use of drugs and achieve the goal of a sustainable world free of drugs.
Students were told about the menace of drug addiction which has a devastating impact on the addict, family and the society.
A total of 350 students participated in the event.
Khuga Battalion of IGAR (South) also organised a lecture on drug abuse and its effect on progressive society followed by pamphlet distribution at Z Khunou village in Churachandpur district on Friday.
The event organised by Company Operating Base Z Khunou of Khuga Battalion witnessed a healthy participation by villagers including youth.
Mention may be made that drug addiction is emerging as a serious concern in the country, especially among the younger generation leading to dangerous consequences not just for the person using drugs, but to the family and society at large.
Time and again various studies have highlighted the perils of substance abuse and discussed that substance abuse is a dangerous disease that entraps a person in a vicious cycle that not only destroys the user but their whole family, society and eventually the country.
It is, hence, important that the user themselves, their family, friends, society, government, law, all must come together to work in one direction with the aim to eradicate substance use.
Khuga Battalion thus took this initiative to spread the message of Nasha Mukt Bharat for a healthy and drug free nation.
The event also focussed on need to insulate youth from drug menace and engage them in socially productive work, the PRO elaborated in another release.