Workshop on ‘Drug Abuse’ held at Traffic & Security Lines, chandigarh

B. L. Sharma, IAS, Secretary Education & Sanjay Baniwal, IPS, DGP, U.T.

Chandigarh Police under the guidance of Sh. Sanjay Baniwal, IPS, DGP, U.T., Chandigarh in partnership with SPYM, Don Bosco Research Centre, Mumbai and Department of Education, Chandigarh UT organized training for teachers of selected schools of Chandigarh from 17^th – 22^nd September, 2018 at Traffic & Security Lines, Sector 29, Chandigarh. The purpose of the training was to orient the Government school teachers to equip them with necessary skills to carry messages of substance use prevention to students along with enabling them to identify early stages of addiction and risky behavior and facilitate students with ways to deal with such situations.

Today, i.e. on 22.09.2018 at 4:00 PM, the concluding ceremony has been organized by Chandigarh Police at Traffic Auditorium, Sec-29, Chandigarh. In this function, Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Hon’ble Governor of Punjab-cum-Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh was the Chief Guest. Sh. B. L. Sharma, IAS, Secretary Education, Sh. Sanjay Baniwal, IPS, W/DGP/U.T., Chandigarh, Sh. O.P. Mishra, DIG, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh. Shashank Anand, IPS, SSP Security & Traffic, Sh. Milind Mahadeo Dumbere, IPS, SSP/Head Quarter,  Ms. Nilambari Jagadale, IPS, SSP, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Ravi Kumar Singh, IPS, SP/Oprs. and Sh. Manish, Team Leader “SPYM”  were also present in the function.

Administrator Badnore on dias

Ms. Nilambari Jagadale, IPS, Sr. Superintendent of Police, UT, Chandigarh welcomed the Chief Guest and other dignitaries. She gave speech on the importance of this workshop. A presentation on Drug Abuse was presented by Sh. Manish, Team Leader (SPYM) and the some participant teachers shared their views/experience to combat the drug abuse.

Sh. B. L. Sharma, IAS, Secretary Education addressed the audience and appreciated this initiative of Chandigarh Police with the collaboration of “SPYM”.  Sh. Sanjay Baniwal, IPS, W/DGP/Chandigarh has also delivered short speech to make the city beautiful drug free by initiating such type of workshops in near future.

Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Hon’ble Governor of Punjab-cum-Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh gave short speech on the menace of drug abuse and the role of the teachers as well as parents to curb this menace. He also advised the police department to keep continue such programme in slums area on regular basis being the national issue. He also appreciated police as well as “SPYM” for conducting this workshop in a decent manner.