Oath taken to free upazila from drug abuse

‘Everybody has social obligation to create anti-drug awareness among the commoners’

Thousands of people from all walks of society took oath on Monday to free Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari district from the chronic curse of drug abuse within the next six months, reports BSS.
They took the vow at an anti-drug rally organised by Kishoreganj Upazila Coordination Committee of Community Policing at local stadium in Kishoreganj upazila town on Monday afternoon. Community Policing members, public representatives, teachers, students, youths, civil society members, socio-cultural and political activists, professionals, commoners and elite attended the rally.
Member of the Parliament (MP) from Nilphamri-4 constituency Shawkat Chowdhury attended the rally as the chief guest with Nilphamari Police Super Zakir Hossain Khan in the chair.
Professor Golam Mostafa, MP, (Nilphamri-3), Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for Rangpur Range Khondker Golam Faruk, Deputy Commissioner of Nilphamari Khalid Rahim,
Convener of Nilphamari district coordination committee of Community Policing Dewan Kamal Ahmed, its member-secretary SM Shafikul Alam, addressed among others.
Kishoreganj upazila Chairman and President of the Upazila Community Policing Forum Rashidul Islam conducted the oath-taking ceremony amid thousands of people chanted slogan for freeing Kishoreganj upazila from the wrath of drug.On the occasion, forty-five drug traders were rehabilitated through distributing sewing machines and rickshaw vans among some of them under the ‘One House One Farm’ Project for bringing them back to the mainstream of the society.In his welcome speech, Rashidul Islam said that antidrug committees have been formed in all 81 wards under nine unions of Kishoreganj upazila for preparing lists of the drug traders and drug addicts to assist them in leaving drug trading or taking drugs.The DIG said that drug addiction destroys talent of the youths during their student life and everybody has social obligation to create anti-drug awareness among the commoners for keeping the students and youths away from drugs.The chief guest stressed the need for bridging the police and common people on mutual trust and confidence to maintain law, order and prevent drug smuggling, abuse and trading for saving the young generations to ensure peace in the society.

 

Oath taken to free upazila from drug abuse

Everybody has social obligation to create anti-drug awareness among the commoners

Thousands of people from all walks of society took oath on Monday to free Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari district from the chronic curse of drug abuse within the next six months, reports BSS. They took the vow at an anti-drug rally organised by Kishoreganj Upazila Coordination Committee of Community Policing at local stadium in Kishoreganj upazila town on Monday afternoon. Community Policing members, public representatives, teachers, students, youths, civil society members, socio-cultural and political activists, professionals, commoners and elite attended the rally. Member of the Parliament (MP) from Nilphamri-4 constituency Shawkat Chowdhury attended the rally as the chief guest with Nilphamari Police Super Zakir Hossain Khan in the chair. Professor Golam Mostafa, MP, (Nilphamri-3), Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for Rangpur Range Khondker Golam Faruk, Deputy Commissioner of Nilphamari Khalid Rahim, Convener of Nilphamari district coordination committee of Community Policing Dewan Kamal Ahmed, its member-secretary SM Shafikul Alam, addressed among others. Kishoreganj upazila Chairman and President of the Upazila Community Policing Forum Rashidul Islam conducted the oath-taking ceremony amid thousands of people chanted slogan for freeing Kishoreganj upazila from the wrath of drug.On the occasion, forty-five drug traders were rehabilitated through distributing sewing machines and rickshaw vans among some of them under the One House One Farm Project for bringing them back to the mainstream of the society.In his welcome speech, Rashidul Islam said that antidrug committees have been formed in all 81 wards under nine unions of Kishoreganj upazila for preparing lists of the drug traders and drug addicts to assist them in leaving drug trading or taking drugs.The DIG said that drug addiction destroys talent of the youths during their student life and everybody has social obligation to create anti-drug awareness among the commoners for keeping the students and youths away from drugs.The chief guest stressed the need for bridging the police and common people on mutual trust and confidence to maintain law, order and prevent drug smuggling, abuse and trading for saving the young generations to ensure peace in the society.