Nawanshahr- Red Cross Integrated Drug Rehabilitation Center Nawanshahr organized a drug de-addiction awareness camp in the Panchayat House of village Manguwal. This camp was presided over by Sarpanch of village Manguwal, Mrs. Jasvir Kaur. Mrs. Kamaljit Kaur Councilor, while addressing the villagers, explained in detail about the activities being done by the Red Cross.
She gave the statistics of drug addicts in India and Punjab and told how many youths have been caught in the clutches of drugs. She said that today the results are coming out that the youth who are addicted to drugs in de-addiction centers are getting caught in the quagmire of drugs at an early age. Therefore, it is important to give information about drugs to the students along with school education.
Sharing her views, she said that many youths start taking drugs at an early age after seeing their parents taking drugs at home and get caught in the quagmire of dangerous drugs like heroin. Therefore, it is very important to make children aware about drugs.
He appealed to the villagers to become a part of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan and inspire the people around them to stay away from drugs, only then we can eliminate drug addiction from Punjab, because if we have to eliminate any evil, then we have to start it from our home. The youth will have to stay away from drugs to achieve their goal.
He also explained in detail about the diseases caused by drug addiction. Staff member Mr. Pravesh Kumar also shared detailed information about the treatment of patients at the Red Cross Integrated Drug Victims Rehabilitation Center Nawanshahr and told that any drug addict can stay in the hospital for a month as per his wish and get free treatment. Drug addiction can never be left at home. It is a mental and physical disease, which needs to be treated.
On this occasion, Mr. Davinder Singh Thekedar also shared his views on the ill effects of drug addiction and thanked the Red Cross team. He asked to implement the suggestions given by the Red Cross team in his life.
At this time NREGA Mate Prem Lata, Narinder Kaur Panch, Sunita Rani BDPO Garhshanker, Chandan TA BDPO Nawanshahr, Balveer Kumar, Manpreet Kaur, Amandeep Kaur all Social Audit Unit Mohali, Ajit Singh Fauji, Karnail Singh, Balveer Singh, Amrik Singh, Pyara Lal, Gurmel Ram Chowkidar and other villagers were present.