Hoshiarpur- Deputy Commissioner Ashika Jain said that steps related to civil defense are being taken on a large scale in the district. Awareness campaign is being started, under which every village and town of the district will be reached. Jangar. During a meeting with the officials in this regard, he instructed that a monthly plan should be prepared in this regard. Volunteers should be assigned duties.
He said that during the Nasha Mukti Yatra also, volunteers should make people aware through this medium. He said that awareness should be spread in this regard by holding public meetings in villages and towns. He said that during this time, through promotional material, he got information about any object visible in the sky. It should be taught to identify whether that object is a satellite, a ship, a drone or something else.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the officers should be more vigilant and strict in eliminating rumors. Gave instructions. He said that some such cases have come to his notice that some mischievous people are deliberately spreading fake news on social media and factual material that creates a sense of insecurity among the citizens. ', which needs to be strictly stopped. He also appealed to the district residents to spread the message through social media or other means.
Do not believe baseless and factless news at all and if any information is shared by the district administration or police in public interest, then it should be considered correct. He said that do not share unconfirmed news coming on WhatsApp with anyone, because the cyber cell of the police is keeping a close watch on those spreading rumors and if any person is found doing so, a police case will be registered against him.
He said that the guidelines and advisory issued by the government from time to time should be followed. Compliance should be ensured. He informed that the Hoshiarpur district administration has organized opportunities in all the tehsils of the district. Through drills and blackouts, our citizens are being made aware to deal with any uncontrolled situation.
Civil Defence Volunteer Army has also been prepared, in which NGOs, NCC cadets, NSS volunteers, ex-servicemen, village sarpanchs, panchs and common citizens have been included, who have been given training. Additional Deputy Commissioner Nikas Kumar, RTA Sanjeev Kumar, GM Industries Arun Kumar, District Commander-cum-Deputy Controller Civil Defence Ravel Singh, Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh, Sunil Kapoor, Pramod Sharma and others were present on this occasion.