104 Kerala Schools Drug Hotspots

Excise dept directed to take strict action against elements who lure kids to vices: Officials

- SHAN AS @T'Puram

WITH only a few days remaining before schools reopen, the Thiruvananthapuram excise department has flagged 104 schools in Kerala as drug hotspots and has initiated measures to counter the influence of intoxicants among students.

Among the lists, government-aided and private schools belong to the High School and Higher secondary categories.

Thiruvananthapuram led the list as about 43 schools from the district featured in it followed by Ernakulam and Kozhikode districts, which had unspecified numbers included in the most-watched category.