Raipur. The district administration is now going to run a yellow line campaign within 100 yards of government schools and colleges. In this, the Kotpa Act 2003 is being implemented smoothly and challan action is also being taken by the authorized officer for violation of section 4.
In this regard, Collector Dr. Gaurav Singh held a meeting of the District Level Coordination Committee under the National Tobacco Control Program in the Red Cross Hall located in the Collectorate premises. During this, the Raipur Collector gave instructions to make all government offices, private schools and gram panchayats of the district tobacco free under the National Tobacco Control Program.
Under Section 5 and 6 of the Act, challan action will be taken from time to time to make railway stations, bus stations, public places and all offices smoke free. In this series, the administration will now keep a close watch on educational institutions. Nodal officers will be nominated in all departments and training is also being given to run the campaign smoothly at the development block level so that educational institutions can be made tobacco free.