Thoubal 2nd in Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIO

Thoubal, July 30 2022: Thoubal district secured the 2nd position in the best performing district under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan for the year 2020-21 .

Thoubal District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO), A Kameshor Singh received the award from Union Home minister Amit Shah during the National Conference on Drug Trafficking and National Security held at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh on Saturday which was also attended by Union Social Justice & Empowerment minister Dr Virendra Kumar.

Thoubal 2nd in Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan

The website for Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) was launched by the then union minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Ghelot on the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, 2021, which is observed worldwide to strengthen action and cooperation in achieving the goal of sustainable world free of substance abuse.

The whole world is facing the menace of drug addiction, which has a devastating impact on the addicts, individual, family and a large section of society.

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan intends to reach out to the masses and spread awareness about substance abuse through various activities like awareness generation programmes.

The launch of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) is for 272 districts across 32 states/union territories that have been identified as the most vulnerable in terms of abuse of drugs in the country.

These vulnerable districts were identified on the basis of findings from the Comprehensive National Survey and the inputs provided by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

According to National Comprehensive Survey conducted by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, there are more than 60 million drug users in the country of which a large number of users are in the age group of 10-17 years.