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Srinagar based newspaper- Glacier Times on Saturday organised an awareness programme on Drug De-Addiction at Boys Higher Secondary School Gund in Ganderbal district.
The awareness programme was organised in collaboration with Human Rights and Anti Corruption Forum and Kashmir News Trust.
District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal was the chief guest on the occasion while The programme was attended by SDPO KANGAN Syed Yasir Qadri SDM Kangan Hakeem Tanveer, SHO Gund Lateef Ali, SHO Kangan Aftab Ahmad Naib Tehsildar Gund, Mohammed Maqbool, DIO Ganderbal Riyaz Fazili Principal BHSS Gund Minhaaj DDC and BDC chairpersons Dr Imroz Dr Mohd Rafiq Bahar team members of Human Rights and Anti Corruption Forum and a large number of senior citizens and students while Imran Raina Anchored the whole programme.
On the occasion, senior Journalist and Editor in Chief, Glacier Times Newspaper, Umar Raina and Executive Editor Glacier G N Raina informed that the main motto behind the programme was to sensitize people regarding the prevalence of drugs in the society and harmful effects it on the society and health.
Ghulam Nabi Raina put forth his views and ideas with the addressees on the problem of drug abuse. He told the audience that parents should keep the track of their children to keep them safe from the menace of drug abuse.
Other panellists including Farooq Ahmad Khatana also shared their views and experiences with the people present.
SHO Gund and Kangan gave a brief description of Glacier Times and gave a brief introduction to the programme.
Chief Guest, DC Ganderbal while congratulating Glacier Times media group for organizing this important programme hoped that they will organise such programmes in future also.
DC in his address told Students that taking intoxicants by any member of the family brings bad name to the family. Good students should pay attention to their studies only. If they fetch very good marks in the exam, all the family members will be respected by all friends and relatives. Furthermore, the name of the school will shine further. Good students become officers and bad students who take intoxicants fall ill and physically weak.
He told students that they should form groups with the aim to spread awareness among drunkards and the general public against the harmful effects of intoxication.