Ludhiana: In a unique step aimed at helping the drug dependents to lead a normal life by bringing them into the mainstream, the district administration has directed 50 officials of various departments to identify 10 drug dependants each, or 500 such persons in all, to provide them job opportunities through skill development or other training programmes.
Presiding over a meeting in Bachat Bhawan, Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said the state government has launched ‘Mission Red sky’ to save the state’s youth from drug abuse by skilling them and providing them placements.
He said that under this mission, each of the 50 officials would identify 10 drug dependents, who are getting treatment from Out Patient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Centres and provide job opportunities to them by enhancing their capabilities through skill development/ training programmes at the District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises (DBEE), so that they can earn a livelihood l
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