Hoshiarpur:- The awareness campaign launched by the District Legal Services Authority Hoshiarpur in various villages of district Hoshiarpur and sub-divisions to keep the youth away from drugs and other vices, following the guidelines of Punjab State Legal Services Authority SAS Nagar and the orders of District and Sessions Judge Rajinder Agarwal, is receiving a huge response and this campaign has become a people's movement.
Giving information in this regard, CJM-cum-Secretary District Legal Services Authority Neeraj Goyal said that today awareness programs were organized in various villages such as Mahmodowal, Mehtabpur, Nara, Naugranwa, Sangwal, Denowal Khurd, Mauila, Mahmudpur and Municipal Corporation Hoshiarpur.
On this occasion, the panel advocates, while giving information about the legal rights related to the 'Child Marriage Free India' campaign, brought to the attention that the marriageable age of a girl should not be less than 18 years and that of a boy should not be less than 21 years.
Along with this, while telling about the environmental legal literacy and community safety initiative of 'NALSA', titled 'Protect Today, Protect Tomorrow', people were informed that stubble should not be burned in villages, nor should plastic be set on fire, because its smoke spreads pollution in the air, which causes many diseases.
Apart from this, information was given about the HIV AIDS campaign. Regarding the campaign against drugs, he said that the aim of this campaign is to motivate the young generation to do good deeds by giving up drugs in the future, so that a good society can be created. He also said that drug consumption ruins human life and creates unrest in the home.