Hundreds be a part of J&Ok L-G Sinha’s anti-drug padyatra, 518 peddlers arrested in 22 days | India Information
3 min learnSrinagarCould 4, 2026 03:09 AM IST
Hundreds of individuals, together with authorities workers and college students, joined Lt Governor Manoj Sinha in a march towards drug abuse as a part of the federal government’s 100-day ‘nasha mukt’ (drug-free) Jammu & Kashmir marketing campaign.
In his speech after the padyatra, Sinha urged individuals to return collectively to “construct a Jammu and Kashmir the place no baby is misplaced to medication” and “no household is damaged by habit”.
On Sunday, a lot of individuals from throughout the Kashmir Valley assembled in Srinagar to participate in a two-kilometre padyatra to point out their concern over drug abuse. Holding placards towards drug abuse and its results, individuals danced to the beat of drums as they marched on the roads.
Moreover Sinha, the rally was attended by political leaders, bureaucrats, high police and safety officers, and a lot of authorities workers and schoolchildren. The federal government had requested its workers—particularly academics—and college students from some faculties to attend the rally.
Earlier final month, Sinha reached out to elected legislators and political leaders, in search of their cooperation within the ‘Drug-free Jammu and Kashmir’ marketing campaign. He wrote to leaders throughout occasion traces, saying their participation would “function a robust catalyst” to rid Jammu and Kashmir of the scourge. Talking at a rally at Srinagar’s TRC soccer floor, Sinha mentioned that hundreds marching collectively towards drug abuse had despatched a “clear message to defeat drug habit and narco-terrorism”. “Individuals’s motion carries a promise of a future the place Jammu and Kashmir stands free from the grip of medicine,” Sinha mentioned.
“Additionally it is the promise of each instructor who has witnessed expertise and potential fade into silence. The dedication to uproot medication will not be solely a declaration from the administration however a collective resolve of the individuals, who, after enduring a long time of struggling, have risen to say that sufficient is sufficient.” Sinha mentioned that within the first 22 days of the 100-day marketing campaign, 481 FIRs had been registered in drug abuse circumstances, whereas 518 peddlers had been despatched to jail. He added that 24 homes belonging to drug peddlers—“proceeds of crime”—had been demolished and property price crores seized. The federal government has additionally really useful cancellation of greater than 300 driving licences.
