Tripura government is developing the beat policing system to identify the drug addicts among the school and college-going students. Not only that, but the state has also undertaken a number of initiatives to spread awareness among the students to say no to drugs, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb who is also the Home Minister informed the assembly in response to the queries submitted by MLAs Asish Das, Sudhan Das, Sudip Roy Barman, and Tapan Chakraborty.
In the queries, the legislatures sought to know the present status of the drug haul and the measures that were taken to neutralize the illicit trade. As per the written answers placed in the Assembly, it has been informed that though there were no specific databases about as to how many students had fallen prey to the drugs, the state government was trying heart and soul to put a check on the growing graph.
“The police department through community policing is trying to reach every corner of the state making people aware of the delimiting of drug abuse. Improvement in the beat policing system is also in the cards so that the state can prepare data and identify the drug addicts”, the written answers read.
Notably, altogether 3,887 persons had been booked under the prevention of drugs acts such as NDPS, Tripura Excise Act and PIT NDPS act. In the year, 2018, after the new government (BJP-IPFT) come to power; altogether 2100 persons were subjected to trial as per the laws. In the successive years, altogether 1,661 persons were booked under such acts and until last month, as many as 126 persons were arrested so far this year.
It had been also revealed that as per the government records, 78,588.612 Kgs of Ganja worth Rs 39,29,43,060 has been seized in the stretch of April 2018 to February 2020. Apart from that, 2,22,756 bottles of banned cough syrup, 24,35, 966 contraband tablets, 7354.109 gram of Brown Sugar, 1,96,303 bottles of illegal liquor and 4,73,124 liters of country-made liquors had been seized as of now worth more than Rs 23,36,04,414 .
NCPCR initiates action against Mehbooba Mufti for 'using school children for election campaign'
In a significant development, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Friday took cognisance of a report on 'X' accusing PDP President and Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat candidate Mehbooba Mufti of using school children for campaigning in the election.
PM Modi takes opposition to cleaners on EVMs, once again
Calling it a "historic day", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.
LS Poll: Over 1000 villagers did not cast vote; shows protest against bad road condition, improper drinking water facility
Over 1000 villagers of Maldapara of Gandacherra subdivision in Dhalai Tripura district on Friday boycotted the second phase of polling to East Tripura constituency and refrained from casting their vote as part of their agitation against bad condition of road in their village.
PM Modi roasts Cong, says former PM's video on 'priority for Muslims' demolishes its canards
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stepped up his offensive on the Congress and said that his plainspeak on the party’s double standards has ruffled many feathers in the INDIA bloc, so much so, that they have launched a tirade at him for speaking the truth.
CBI recovers huge cache of arms, explosives from house of Shahjahan’s relative at Sandeshkhali
The CBI on Friday afternoon conducted a raid at the residence of a relative of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas District and seized a huge cache of firearms and explosives.
Tripura records 54.47% turnout recorded till 1 PM in 2nd phase polling to East
The second phase of polling for the East Tripura Parliamentary constituency is underway amid tight security coverage, while 54.47% voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm on Friday. Voting commenced at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm. Tripura recorded the highest turnout at 36.42 per cent till 11 am.
We will implement UCC in entire country, it is 'Modi ki Guarantee': Amit Shah
Assuring that it is a 'Modi ki Guarantee' (PM Modi's guarantee), Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the government led by the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the country.
Should re-election be held with fresh candidates if NOTA gets a majority? SC issues notice to EC
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission (EC) to frame guidelines or rules, if in any election, all the contesting candidates individually do not surpass NOTA.