Thrissur is on a mission to rescue children from the grip of drug abuse for which a project has been planned to counter the high addiction of synthetic drugs reported among students across the district.
A meeting convened by District Collector Haritha V. Kumar on Wednesday chalked out a comprehensive plan for checking the menace. District panchayat president P.K. Davis master called for coordinating the implementation of the ‘Vimukthi’ project (anti-narcotic campaign of the State government) scattered under various departments.
The project will be implemented by coordinating the Excise, Police, Education, Health, Social Justice, Youth Welfare and Local Self-Government departments, Kudumbasree, NSS, and Nehru Yuva Kendra.