Awantipora, Sep 26: Police in Awantipora organised an awareness programme and rally against drug abuse. The event was attended by students, staff members of Higher Secondary School Chersoo and respectable citizens of the area.
The awareness rally was flagged off by SDPO Awantipora Mumtaz Ali Bhatti along with Incharge Police Post Toll Plaza from Higher Secondary School Chersoo. The rally passed through various routes of Sub-division Awantipora and culminated near Chersoo.
“The main aim of the awareness programme and rally was to spread awareness about ill effects of drug abuse and its consequences,” a police spokesperson said in a statement.
During the event, SDPO Awantipora appealed to the general public to join hands with the police in fighting against the abuse of drugs and related substances to eliminate this social evil from society.
The students and participants held banners and placards in their hands with messages against drug abuse and raised slogans against social evils. They pledged to eradicate this menace from society.
