25,000 school children in Delhi addicted to drugs: Rajya Sabha MP

Concerns were raised in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday over children falling into trap of drugs, with a Congress Member saying that 25,000 school children in Delhi have turned drug dicts.

Raising issue through a Zero Hour mention, T Subbaram Reddy said 25,000 school children in Delhi are dicted to drugs while police has turned a blind eye to menace.

He said narcotics were easily available and destroying lives of incent children t only in Delhi but in entire rth India.

He said 83 per cent of drug dicts were educated but state governments was t able to control problem due to presence of drug mafia.

He said recently issue was deliberated upon by chief ministers of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Himachal Presh.

He said it was a serious cause of concern that drugs are smuggled into India through nations like Pakistan and Nigeria and said re was a need for coordination between different ncies besides NIA to tackle menace.

Many members associated with demand to check increasing drug menace in country.

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Raising ar issue, Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy​​​​​​​ expressed concern over illegal organ tre, saying India has emerged as one of biggest nations for organ tre with availability of organs like kidney, liver and heart.

He demanded strictest actions against perpetrators of such crime, saying even doctors involved in it should be dealt with strictly.

Demanding death penalty for people involved in illegal organ tre, he said re should be a bill to stop it.

A demand was me by Manas Ranjan Bhunia (Trinamool Cong) to fix criteria of physical disability to 50 per cent for getting various benefits from 80 per cent at present.

Raising issue, Bhunia said lack of support was a serious situation for physically challenged men, women and children as criteria for compensation etc. was applicable only in cases of 80 per cent disability. 

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