By Firstdespatch Desk Nov 10, 2022
Agartala, Nov 10 (FD) As part of making Tripura a drug-free state, The Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sushanta Chowdhury chaired a high-level meeting at Civil Secretariat here on Wednesday.
In the meeting, various decisions were taken in presence of the officials from the departments of Education, Health, Police, Information and Cultural Affairs Department to make Drug-Free Tripura programme a success.
The Minister said that a campaign against drug addiction is being carried out by the state administration extensively and success is also being achieved in this regard.
He further said that the police alone will not be able to make this campaign successful and to make this programme successful every citizen of the state should come forward.
In the meeting, Chowdhury emphasized on campaigning in different block markets, public places to make drug-free Tripura programme successful.
He suggested conducting awareness camps with students from school to college level. He also suggested that different sports events be organized by sports department to make this programme successful.
The Sports Minister also suggested organizing road plays, awareness camps through prominent personalities of the society under the initiative of Information and Cultural Affairs Department.
West District Zilla Sabhadhipati, Parishad Antara Sarkar Deb, Deputy Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation Manika Das Dutta, Secretary of Information and Cultural Affairs and Youth Affairs and Sports Department P.K Chakraborty, Officials from Police Department, Sabhadipati of different Zilla Parishads, Sahakari Sabhadhipati and officials of different departments attended the meeting. FD PD JK