{"id":15708,"date":"2026-03-28T20:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=15708"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:12:21","slug":"lg-calls-for-dismantling-entire-ecosystem-of-drug-smuggling-narco-terrorism-in-jk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/lg-calls-for-dismantling-entire-ecosystem-of-drug-smuggling-narco-terrorism-in-jk-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LG calls for dismantling entire ecosystem of drug smuggling, narco-terrorism in J&K"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says deliberate, sinister efforts being made to push youth into abyss of addiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proposes roping in pol, religious leaders, social organisations in fight against menace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jammu, Mar 28: Directing law enforcing agencies to dismantle the entire ecosystem of drug smuggling and narco-terrorism, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that deliberate and sinister efforts are being made to push the youth of Jammu Kashmir into the abyss of drug addiction.<\/p>\n

While reviewing the progress of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan in the UT of Jammu Kashmir, at a high-level meeting at Lok Bhavan here, LG Sinha, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) directed for a massive crackdown on smuggling networks that target the youth of Jammu & Kashmir.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeliberate and sinister efforts are being made to push the J&K youth into the abyss of drug addiction. A comprehensive, whole-of-government approach, combining stringent enforcement, robust preventive measures, and a carefully calibrated multi-pronged action plan, is urgently required to dismantle the entire ecosystem of drug smuggling and narco-terrorism,\u201d the Lieutenant Governor said.<\/p>\n

He called for Jan Bhagidari and a coordinated response against drug abuse for achieving the goal of Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir.<\/p>\n

The meeting discussed five key focused areas- Enforcement, IEC, Counselling, Treatment, and Rehabilitation, while integrating a rigorous social media monitoring system to counter false narratives.<\/p>\n

The Lieutenant Governor directed the officials for implementation of deterrents, especially within educational institutions, in mission mode. He further directed for identifying and strictly punishing any remnants of narco-terror networks within the system.<\/p>\n

The Lieutenant Governor emphasised that the citizens must be encouraged to report the drug addiction and drug smuggling related matters to the police and the administration.<\/p>\n

The Lieutenant Governor also reviewed the preparations of all the line departments for the upcoming intensive drug awareness campaign across the UT of J&K.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious leaders, social organisations, ex-servicemen, NCC, NSS, Scouts and Guides and political leaders must be taken on-board in the fight against drug addiction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Lieutenant Governor directed for assessment of activities conducted under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan over the past one year.<\/p>\n

The meeting also discussed the onboarding of all the districts on Nasha Mukt J&K Portal, engagement of nodal officers, ongoing community outreach programmes, training and capacity building, strengthening and expansion of de-addiction infrastructure and human resource, operationalisation of Addiction Treatment Facilities, Drug De-addiction registry portal, implementation of SoPs and activities undertaken by the line departments.<\/p>\n

On the sidelines of the meeting, the Lieutenant Governor directed the senior officials to prioritize vibrant villages programme, with a dedicated focus on inclusive development of border villages.<\/p>\n

The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Nalin Prabhat, DGP; Shailendra Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department; Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary Home; Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor; M Raju, Commissioner Secretary to Government, Health & Medical Education Department; Administrative Secretaries; Ramesh Kumar, Divisional Commissioner Jammu; Bhim Sen Tuti, IGP Jammu; Sujit Kumar, IGP Security J&K and other senior officials. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Says deliberate, sinister efforts being made to push youth into abyss of addiction Proposes roping in pol, religious leaders, social organisations in fight against menace Jammu, Mar 28: Directing law enforcing agencies to dismantle the entire ecosystem of drug smuggling and narco-terrorism, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that deliberate and sinister efforts are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15709,"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":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708","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=15708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15710,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708\/revisions\/15710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}