Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 19: Team Jammu with the collaboration of Government Polytechnics Bikram Chowk organized a seminar cum symposium against drug abuse at the auditorium of the college. Students from different parts of Jammu province participated in the seminar in which speakers threw lights on menace of drug abuse and cautioned the younger generation against this deadly addiction.
Zorawar Singh Jamwal, chairman of the Team Jammu was chief guest in the function, which was presided over by Reetu Jamwal, Principal of the College. Shaazad Salaria, SP City South, was guest of honour in the function.
Students namely Bhawana, Akshay, Arjun, Mahima, Anees and Karanjot spoke during the symposium and threw light on this menace. Students emphasized on the need of formulating a comprehensive policy to check this menace.
Students of Government Polytechnic College Jammu and members of Team Jammu under the guidance of Jaanu Jandriya presented a skid that depicted message against drug addiction and drug abuse.
Speaking on the occasion, Zorawar Singh said that drug abuse in J&K was part of narco-terrorism, imported from the neighboring Pakistan to spoil youth of the State. He regretted that no concrete policy has been so far formulated to deal with this type of terrorism. He reiterated demand of the Team Jammu to break the strong nexus of drug mafia with other influential sections of the society.
Mr Jamwal demanded setting up rehabilitation centre on the pattern of Punjab in Jammu region to save lives of those youth who are victim of this menace. He said that there is urgent need to set up such rehabilitation centres in Jammu region because parents of majority of the drug addict youth could not afford to send their children to Punjab or other parts of the country.
Speaking on the occasion, SP Shaazad Salaria asked students to share information with police, without any hesitation, about those people who have been involved in supplying drugs to innocent youth. He assured that identity of those who would share information with police would not be disclosed at any cost.
Principal Reetu Jamwal said that it is need of the hour to educate youth about this menace so as to save our younger generation from becoming victim of this menace.
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