Each committee will be comprised of a minimum of five members drawn from faculty and students, the Hyderabad police said in a statement. The panel is primarily is being asked to prevent drug abuse by equipping young people with the life skills to deal with different situations.
Hyderabad Police directs city colleges, Universities to form anti-drug committees
Hyderabad City police have released a notification making it mandatory for all colleges and other educational institutions in the city to constitute anti-drug committees in their institutions. Each committee will be comprised of a minimum of five members drawn from faculty and students, the press released from the Hyderabad police said. The panel is primarily is being asked to prevent drug abuse by equipping young people with the life skills to deal with different situations.
This will prevent them from turning to drugs and resist peer pressure to use the banned substances. "A safe environment enables students to channelise their energies properly and evolve as responsible citizens. To ensure such a milieu, the committees should work with determination," Hyderabad City Police commissioner C V Anand said, while reiterating the firm stance of the state government and the city police against the illicit drug trade and abuse.
"Since the colleges returned to normalcy after the pandemic-induced disruption during the last two years, the police have now taken up a double pronged strategy-legal action alongside sensitising the youngsters which eventually cuts down the demand side in the illicit drug trade," the release further said.
"These committees will also liaise with the local police to tip off on usage or possession or sale or purchase of drugs. Citizens can inform the Hyderabad Police Narcotics Enforcement Wing through specified phone numbers," he informed.
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