Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy issued guidelines to the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) and Prohibition and Excise Department on Monday.
Amaravati,UPDATED: Dec 20, 2022 01:02 IST
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. (File photo/PTI)
By Abdul Basheer: With the aim of freeing the state from narcotics in the next three to four months, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy issued guidelines to the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) and Prohibition and Excise Department on Monday.
During a review meeting at his Camp Office at Tadepalli, he directed the officials of the two departments to meet every Tuesday to formulate strategies and implement them to eradicate the manufacturing and supply of ID liquor and other narcotic substances in the state.
The chief minister also instructed the officials to put up hoardings in front of every college and university in the state regarding the SEB’s toll-free number to create awareness and make colleges narcotics-free in Andhra Pradesh. “We want to send our children to the colleges, which are narcotics-free,” said the chief minister.
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Directing the SEB to effectively collaborate with the excise department and to put a mechanism in place, Jagan Mohan Reddy said, “SEB should use the reports of the excise department and vice-versa. Both the departments should sit together once every week and come up with an actual plan to eradicate ID liquor in the state.”
MAHILA POLICE
Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to explore options to further improve the Disha app and conduct mock drills to add more safety features in it. “Make use of Mahila police at the village level to combat ID liquor, narcotics, and other substances. Nowhere in the country have Mahila police been deployed at village level for various purposes, and we should be a model state,” he said.
He also wanted the SEB to have a weekly meeting with district SPs regarding narcotics, the Disha app, and the effective functioning of Mahila police at the district level.
