Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh informed that the State government has decided to set up 10 new rehabilitation centres and deaddiction centres across the state.
Talking to reporters in Shillong, Lyngdoh said, “We are proposing to set up new centres – de addiction as well as rehabilitation centres – with the active support of the Ministry from Delhi.”
Asked, he said,” Roughly, around 10 new centres (are being proposed).”
The Minister further announced that the state Government has decided to take a periodic appraisal on the performances of these centres adding that any corruption charges should not be repeated. He was hinting at the alleged misappropriation of funds by Voluntary Health Association Of Meghalaya (VHAM) in 2017.
“It should not be repeated. Now, we have a good team in the department. We are also coordinating with the health and police department and things should improve,” Lyngdoh said. .
Meanwhile, the minister informed that the government has notified the members of the monitoring committee for implementation of the Drugs Reduction, Elimination and Action Mission (DREAM).
“Also on the part of home (police) have already constituted the advisory board which will go into the various cases of violation of the PITNDPS Act, 1988, which we have just adopted. At the moment few names have been considered and have been forwarded by the home (police) to the advisory board in order to get their clearance for the detention of some individuals under this act,” he added.