General Education Minister V. Sivankutty has exhorted citizens to be part of the campaign against the social evil of drug abuse.
Addressing a meeting of the Jan Jagratha samithi (People’s Vigilance Committee) at Nemom here on Thursday, he said children and youth were the primary target of the drug mafia and urged all sections of society to come forward to support the school-level campaign against drug abuse.
Mr. Sivankutty said the General Education department was gearing up to launch several programmes from the start of the fresh academic year on June 3. “The most important programme is the campaign to create awareness about the evil posed by substance abuse. A meeting convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan earlier this month had decided to launch an intense campaign against drug abuse among students,” he said.
