An awareness campaign against the drug consumption & Trafficking was conducted at Govt Boys Higher Senior Secondary School, Kandi, Karnah on 16 Feb 2023 by Indian Army.
Drugs Consumption and Narcotics Trafficking is one of the serious problem in the Union Territory of Jammy & Kashmir. According to the Government reports on Drugs and Crime, Kashmir has 60,000 drug addicts and tehsil of Karnah could not keep itself out of this menace. Unfortunately Kandi village has maximum number of drug addicts cases in Tangdhar. Keeping this in mind, Indian Army selected a Senior Boys School in Kandi to address prevailing issue at its core and draw maximum dividends out of the campaign.
The Campaign witnessed huge participation of students, teachers and locals displaying the willingness of the people of Karnah for fight against this curse.
155 students of various age groups participated in the events. The campaign started with the Painting Competition with Anti-Drug Theme . A total of 94 paintings were submitted by the creative youths. Teams comprising of 46 students from 6 Schools exhibit Skit to spread awareness against Drugs. Speech given by 8 students mesmerised the huge crowd by their views against Drug Consumption and Trafficking.
All the students were awarded with a Certificate of Participation in this Anti-Drug Campaign.
The campaign culmitaed with the interaction of Indian Army with the youths over the tea and snacks.
