Vijayawada : Director general of police Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao announced that a 100 days action plan will be prepared to check the drug abuse in Andhra Pradesh and efforts will be made to make AP free from ganja and drugs. The DGP said the police department is ready to check the activities of the drug peddlers and prevent ganja cultivation in North Coastal districts and appealed to the people to co-operate with the police department in eradicating the menace. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao was the chief guest at the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking organised by the Vijayawada city police at Tummalapalli Vari Kalakshetram on Wednesday.
The police department has created awareness among the students on the ill effects of drugs and took the pledge to eradicate the drug abuse in the state. Addressing the students, the DGP said the consumption of drugs started around 35 years ago as a fashion by some persons and became a big menace in the state. He said even the schoolchildren are also getting addicted to the drugs now in the state.
He said the state police will prepare an action plan to check the cultivation and transportation of ganja in 100 days in the state. He said the police department would try to make AP free from drugs menace and strict vigil will be maintained on the cultivation and peddling of ganja. He said alternative livelihood sources should be provided to the ganja cultivators.
He said the ganja is cultivated in the thickly forest areas in East Go.
