'Your life is in your hand': City bus owner campaigns against drug abuse

Mangaluru: A city bus owner has launched a campaign against drug and substance abuse in the coastal city to ensure sustained and focused effort to combat the menace.

Dakshina Kannada District Bus Owners Association president Dilraj Alva has painted one of his Sri Ganesh Prasad (SGP) bus on route 27 with quotes like, “Your life is in your hand, Life does not rewind, and Drug will be your doom.”

Speaking about the campaign Dilraj Alva said, Substance abuse is becoming more prevalent in our city and increasing circulation of drugs would seriously affect society, particularly harming the younger generation, college-going children, besides promoting other crime. The menace of drugs, which affects the future of youngsters, will have to be removed from the root.”

“This is an effort to combat the menace,” he added.