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The Ernakulam Rural police’s anti-drug run got a filmi interaction connected Sunday (October 5, 2025) arsenic they chose to tread the way of amusement to make awareness. The constabulary arranged a movie screening for the migrant colonisation successful and astir Perumbavoor successful the aftermath of predominant cases of narcotic seizures reported from the area.
The Bengali movie Pao the Drugs was screened astatine EVM Theatre, Perumbavoor, earlier a packed assemblage of astir 200 migrant workers, labour suppliers, and societal workers. Directed by Zaman, the movie explores the taxable of cause maltreatment and its consequences.
The Sunday screening was organised arsenic portion of ‘Operation Punarjani’, an anti-drug inaugural led by District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) M. Hemalatha. The assemblage was invited to the escaped amusement done messages shared among the migrant assemblage and associations successful the plywood industry, which employs a ample fig of workers from different States.
“We deliberately chose to surface the movie successful Bengali due to the fact that astir of the migrant workers present recognize the language. We knew that a lecture-based consciousness league would not pull galore attendees. The program proved successful, with 200 radical voluntarily attending. The screening was portion of the Punarjani project’s effort to scope retired to the nationalist portion besides strengthening enforcement and preventive measures,” said Hardik Meena, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Perumbavoor. After the screening, the assemblage besides took an anti-drug oath.
The outreach programme was organised successful the aftermath of a caller incidental successful which an Assam autochthonal died of a heroin overdose successful Perumbavoor.
Launched successful July, the Punarjani task aims to forestall the circulation of drugs among migrant workers, supply aesculapian and intelligence enactment to cause addicts, organise consciousness programmes, beforehand alternate lifestyles, behaviour inspections, and promote information successful sports.
