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The Karnataka government has decided to take stringent measures to make the state free from narcotic substances.
Chairing the 6th State-level Narco Coordination Committee meeting held recently at the Vidhana Soudha, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh directed all police stations and related departments across the state to be trained in the use of the MAP-Drugs app and to set district-specific targets for drug control.
She emphasised the need to update the official website to make drug-related information available in Kannada as well.
Rajneesh asked other districts to adopt the model being implemented in Belagavi.
The senior-most bureaucrat in the state also called for intensified checks at airports to curb drug smuggling and instructed that Customs officials be included in the committee.
In line with the directions of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, she said the state must move decisively towards building a 'drug-free Karnataka'.