Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: In a unique and powerful demonstration, over 100 hearing-handicapped students and their parents took to the streets of Jammu today to support Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan.
The awareness march was jointly organized by the Central Government Pensioners’ Welfare Association (CGPWA) Jammu and the Jammu & Kashmir Samaj Kalyan Kendra (SKK), which runs the School for Hearing Handicapped.
Two former DGPs, Kuldeep Khoda, Dr Ashok Bhan, former DG DRDO Dr Sudarshan Kumar, president SKK K B Jandial, vice president Brig (Retired) Dr Rakesh Khajuria, general secretary J K Vaid, former IGPs Prem Gupta & Nisar Ahmad, former chairman Pollution Control Board, Dr C M Seth, former Executive Director, NTPC, Vinod Padha, Advocate Rameshwar Singh Jamwal and treasurer of CGPWA OP Sharma walked alongside the children to amplify their message.
Supporting colourful ‘angvastra’ and badges, primary and senior students carried placards with striking messages like “Nashey ko mitana hai, desh ko bachana hai” and “Jeevan Anmol hai, isko nashey main na jhonko. Through these banners, the Divyangjan, who were deaf and dumb, appealed to the people of Jammu to desist from taking drugs.
Earlier, the Principal of the School administered pledge to the students to work for removal of drugs from the society.
Later, speaking on the occasion, Kuldeep Khoda said that by taking out a march against drugs, the Divyangjan have taken a lead in the society to cleanse it from the curse of drugs.
Dr Ashok Bhan, in his address, impressed upon the divyang to remain away from drugs and that parents have to remain vigilant against those hijack students by giving such initial doses for enjoyment, mostly free of cost initially to make them addict.
Earlier, Counselor of Police De-addiction Centre Anisha Dhar gave a motivational lecture to the Divyangjan and said the everyone should avoid becoming addicted which can be of anything but drug addiction is dangerous.
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