Rachakonda Police aims at new dawn for drug addicts

Rachakonda Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said here on Friday that the programme, aimed at keeping children, youth and students away from drug abuse.

Hyderabad: A drug de-addiction programme, ‘Naya Savera’, meaning ‘new dawn’, will soon be re-launched by the Rachakonda Police.

Rachakonda Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said here on Friday that the programme, aimed at keeping children, youth and students away from drug abuse, was originally initiated in 2017 in collaboration with Amritha Foundation Society. It helped many children and students get aware about problems with usage of illegal drugs. Many students were counseled and a short film on drug abuse, ‘Maro Lokam’ too was released then.

With the State now focusing on tackling the drug menace with intensified vigour, the police were planning to re-launch ‘Naya Savera’, as part of which awareness programmes in select schools, colleges and hotspots off-line and online would be conducted in association with Amritha Foundation Society. De-addiction programmes would also be conducted once in a week, on Tuesday.

Asking those having information on drugs to inform the police at 94906 17111, Bhagwat said the 94906-17111 services could be used for de-addiction counseling as well.
Stating that there were provisions for death penalty under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for repeated offences (under Section 31A), Bhagwat said the Preventive Detention (PD) Act too would be used against traffickers. Suspect sheets to keep watch would be opened while property earned through selling drugs would be legally seized following NDPS Act procedures, he said.

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