DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
srinagar, Nov 16
Chairperson of Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board & Minister of State, Dr. Syed Darakhshan Andrabi, today participated in an Anti-Drug Awareness Program held by a Non-Governmental Organization, Save Kashmir, at Exhibition Ground Srinagar. School children & youth from different walks of life participated in the program. In her address, Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi said that this silent killer was introduced in Kashmir by those who wanted youth to follow their dictates of stone-throwing and killing people in Kashmir for more than three decades.
“Drug trade was the main source of funding the violence in Kashmir for three decades. Those who remained in power during this period supported this notorious industry and used these traders for their political benefits. This nexus has ruined the future of our youth,” said Dr. Andrabi.
She said that she had been regularly raising her voice everywhere about this catastrophic situation for more than a decade, but people with political interests had resolved not to intervene.
“Majority of our so-called civil society representatives were busy in speaking in tune with separatists when this conspiracy of destroying our generations was being implemented at ground levels with the help of our politicians. Now it has become a deadly evil of a huge magnitude. This year, the government nabbed thousands and booked a large number of them under severe cases, but it is not going to help till we all utilize our utmost powers at individual levels to uproot this deep-rooted network from the society,” said Dr. Darakhshan.
She said that religious leaders, intellectuals, and the media fraternity have bigger roles to play. She appealed to the people to organize small programs at mohalla levels to mobilize youth against the drug menace.
The organizer of the event, Arish Bhat, while welcoming Dr. Andrabi, said that she has been continuously working for creating awareness regarding the Drug Menace.
