Enforcement drives conducted to strengthen tobacco-free zones in Kakching
Source: The Sangai Express / DIO-IPR

Kakching, November 24 2025: Under the strict supervision of District Administration Kakching, joint enforcement drives were conducted today in the district as part of the Tobacco Free Youth Campaign 3.0 under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) Cell of the District Health Society Kakching.

The operation was carried out by the NTCP Cell of the District Health Society, Kakching, in collaboration with Food Safety staff and Kakching Police.

The enforcement team inspected shops, business establishments within 100 yards of educational institution campuses to ensure compliance with the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) and the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019 (PECA) .

The team was led by Dr Thaodem Rajen Singh, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kakching, along with Dr Takhellambam Jullon Singh, DNO NTCP Kakching, Devendro, Designated Food Safety Officer, Ph Priyobarta, Officer-in-Charge Kakching Police and staff of NTCP Cell, Kakching.

Yellow line demarcation, in accordance with COTPA, 2003, was carried out at Kakching Higher Secondary School, Public School Kakching and Martin Grammar School, Kakching to create a tobacco-free zone.

The NTCP yellow marking is a campaign to draw a thick yellow line 100 yards (300 feet) around educational institutions to indicate a tobacco-free zone, where the sale of tobacco products is strictly prohibited under COTPA, 2003.Also, awareness programmes and joint enforcement drives will be conducted at other schools and colleges of Kakching district in the coming days.

Meanwhile, the District Social Welfare Office, Kakching under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan distributed IEC materials and conducted poster campaigns at Sora Bazar, Kakching Lamkhai and Kakching Bazar.

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