SRINAGAR, Oct. 13 -- The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), in collaboration with Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar, organised a day-long awareness programme on drug abuse under the Nasha Mukt Abhiyan on Tuesday.

The programme aimed to sensitise students about the harmful effects of substance abuse and encourage them to adopt a healthy, responsible and drug-free lifestyle.

Principal of the college, Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Hakak, said preventing drug abuse was a collective responsibility and called on students, teachers and civil society to work together to protect young people from substance abuse.

Syed Shakeel Shan, Assistant Exhibition and Cultural Officer at the Cultural Unit Kashmir, DIPR, urged students t...