{"id":12284,"date":"2026-02-16T16:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=12284"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:55:50","slug":"district-admin-bandipora-conducts-iec-awareness-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/district-admin-bandipora-conducts-iec-awareness-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"District Admin Bandipora conducts IEC Awareness programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Experts highlighted physical, psychological ill-effects of substance abuse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BANDIPORA, FEBRUARY 16: Continuing its sustained efforts under the Nasha Mukht Bharat Abhiyan (NMBA), the District Administration Bandipora Monday organized a series of IEC (Information, Education and Communication) awareness programmes across various Panchayats of the district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programmes were conducted in Panchayat Halqas including Ganastan-B (Block 23), Badbhootu (Block 22), Ayathmulla (Block 21), Balhama Arin (Block 20), Aloosa Ghat (Block 19), Kawapora (Block 27), Nowgam-A (Block 26), Gundjehangir-B (Block 25), and Ajas-C (Block 24) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IEC activities, as per an official statement, were coordinated by the respective Panchayat Secretaries and designated nodal officers at each location. A multi-departmental team comprising officials from Health, Police, Education, Social Welfare (DDAC\/Palaash\/CHL), Youth Services &amp; Sports, JKNRLM, and Excise &amp; Taxation departments participated in the programmes to ensure effective outreach at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the awareness sessions, doctors and medical officers highlighted the physical and psychological ill-effects of substance abuse, while police officials sensitized participants about legal consequences and preventive measures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Representatives from Education and Social Welfare departments emphasized early intervention, counselling support, and the importance of community vigilance. Youth Services &amp; Sports and JKNRLM functionaries encouraged youth engagement in constructive activities and self-reliance initiatives as preventive strategies against drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programmes witnessed active participation from local residents, youth, and community members, who engaged in interactive discussions and pledged to contribute towards building a drug-free society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts highlighted physical, psychological ill-effects of substance abuse BANDIPORA, FEBRUARY 16: Continuing its sustained efforts under the Nasha Mukht Bharat Abhiyan (NMBA), the District Administration Bandipora Monday organized a series of IEC (Information, Education and Communication) awareness programmes across various Panchayats of the district. The programmes were conducted in Panchayat Halqas including Ganastan-B (Block 23), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12286,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12284\/revisions\/12286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}