Mission SANKALP – Nizamabad Police Department, Telangana

Mission SANKALP
Problem
- Adolescent Substance Abuse and Addiction: Addresses the menace of narcotics and drug experimentation among teenagers and secondary school children.
- Severe Legal Consequences and Penalties: Tackles students’ lack of awareness regarding criminal laws and NDPS Act penalties.
- Irreversible Health and Medical Hazards: Combats ignorance about physical/mental deterioration and neurological damage caused by drug use.
- Profound Family Trauma and Social Breakdown: Addresses psychological distress and family disruptions resulting from substance abuse.
- Lack of Productive Outlets and Peer Pressure: Counters negative distractions and vulnerability to peddlers by channeling youth energy into positive activities.
Solution
- Multidisciplinary Faculty Collaboration: Partnered with police officers, medical doctors, and social activists to deliver comprehensive legal, health, and family educational sessions.
- Interactive Creative Engagement: Involved secondary school students in structured poster-making and elocution competitions to internalize anti-narcotics values.
- Community-Wide Public Solidarity: Executed large-scale public initiatives, such as the International Drug Day 2K run, uniting citizens and police.
- Sports Engagement (NSC-NPL): Organized the week-long Nizamabad Premier League sports meet under the theme “Say Yes to Sports and No to Drugs”.
- Targeted School Outreach (Mission Sankalp): Engaged secondary school children with expert counselling and awareness sessions.
Outcomes
- Heightened Public Awareness: Successfully educated thousands of students and citizens across Nizamabad on the severe legal, medical, and family consequences of narcotics.
- Police-Community Solidarity: Fostered a unified societal front against substance abuse by uniting law enforcement and civilians through large-scale events.
- Productive Youth Engagement: Mitigated drug vulnerability by channeling adolescent energy into positive athletic achievements via competitive district-level sports leagues.
- Youth Empowerment: Equipped over 2,000 young adults with practical awareness tools regarding narcotics, cybersecurity, and safety.
- Public Commitment: Mobilized over 1,000 participants to take a collective public pledge to maintain drug-free communities.
SKOCH Award Nominee
Category: State Government – Police
Sub-Category: State Government – Police
Project: Mission SANKALP
Start Date: 01-23-2026
Organisation: Nizamabad Police Department, Telangana
Respondent: Sai Chaitanya, P
www.nizamabadsecuritycouncil.com
Level: Club
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Sai Chaitanya, P at cpnzb1@gmail.com
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