u/imSimonGhostRiley

Today, there was a Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan event in our district, with the LG in attendance. There was a big rally and all the usual fanfare. But what I witnessed was extremely disappointing and frustrating.

Instead of a genuine awareness drive, it felt like a staged show that wasted public money, disrupted normal life, and completely ignored the people who actually suffer from addiction.

Here's what actually happened (my personal observation):

* Traffic was heavily restricted since Friday.

* Entire roads were covered with cloth walls. If the idea was to show the LG the ground reality, why hide the actual area behind curtains?

* All schools were closed since Friday.

* Schools were ordered to decorate the road-facing walls and prepare presentations. Accountant of one school told me that they spent ₹1.5 lakh from their own account. No reimbursement from the administration.

* Even the kids participating in the event were not served any refreshment.

* Kids from one of the schools were not allowed to perform. They were not allowed, asked to leave at the gate. The only reason was that there performance wasn't optimal. Wth, this is not an audition, this is anti-drug program

* There was almost zero voluntary participation from civilians.

* Teachers and government employees were forced to attend or face consequences.

* Sarpanches were told to submit lists of people from their villages who would attend. If anyone on the list didn’t show up, their Kisan Card would be cancelled.

* Worst of all, the LG did not visit any Nasha Mukti centre or hospital. The actual victims and their families were completely ignored.

Drug addiction is a serious crisis in J&K. But this, this wasn’t an anti-drug campaign, it was a performance. Nothing more Nothing less

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