Kathmandu, July 6: Chief of Kathmandu Valley Police Office (KVPO), Rani Pokhari, Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Police Sushil Singh Rathore has emphasized the importance of collective efforts to curb narcotic drug abuse and human trafficking.
Addressing the launch of a week-long campaign against human trafficking and drug abuse at New Bus Park (also known as Gongabu Bus Park) in Gongabu, Kathmandu today, AIG Rathore asserted that close cooperation between police and public is imperative to build a safe a crime-free society.
Shedding light on the objectives of the newly launched campaign, Rathore said that the campaign would help curb the growing problem of drug addiction among youths and combat hidden cases of human trafficking. He urged all stakeholders to unite against both crimes.
The New Bus Park Police Unit and the Gongabu Community Service Centre jointly launched the campaign to raise public awareness and protect young people from narcotics addiction and trafficking-related crimes launch the campaign. During the week-long campaign, various awareness programmes will be conducted at hotels, restaurants, dohori places, schools and other public places in the New Bus Park area, it was shared.
Kathmandu District Police Chief, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dilip Ghimire, echoed with AIG Rathore and stressed collective efforts to address drug abuse and human trafficking around the bustling Gongabu Bus Park. Likewise, Nepal National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs Chairperson Punya Prasad Sitaula urged transport operators to remain vigilant, noting that public vehicles are sometimes misused to smuggle narcotics. Similarly, Tokha municipality-9 Chairperson Ram Bhakta Ghimire reaffirmed the local government’s cooperation with police to keep the Gongabu area crime-free.
The programme saw participation of students from Maharshi School and College and BST College from Gongabu area in the campaign.
