Police to launch Campus Beats against drugs in Idukki schools
To ensure schools in the district are drug-free, the district police will implement a special anti-narcotics campaign named Campus Beats. According to Idukki District Police Chief T.K. Vishnu Pradeep, the project is a joint initiative of the school authorities, Parent Teachers' Association (PTA), parents, and the public.
Meeting soon
Mr. Pradeep said the district police had already informed all schools about the campaign, and a meeting of school and hostel authorities would be held soon.
As part of the project, a police officer will be deputed for each school. The officer will visit the school and collect details and solve the issues with directives from the higher authorities. The project aims to strengthen the school protection groups, prevent antisocial activities in schools, and make school premises drug-free.
All schools in the district will receive a complaint box, according to officials. The station house officer, along with schoolteachers, will open the box and take further steps.
Mr. Pradeep, Idukki district panchayat president Rarichen Neeranakunnel, among others, attended the function.
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