Kohima, July 4 (MExN): Deputy Commissioner Kohima Rajesh Soundararajan IAS & the Chairman of DLCC Kohima has instructed the Regional Transport Officer Kohima, and Superintendent of Police Kohima to issue a notification with regard to the implementation of No SMOKING in public transports and also urged them to direct the concerned Taxi, & City Bus Association etc for strict compliances.
The DC also requested the SP to carry out more enforcement raid and checking preferably twice in a month with regard to Section 4,5,6 & 7 and to include the cases outcome in the fortnight report to submit in the Office (Section 4: Prohibition of Smoking in public places; Section 5: Prohibition of advertisement of Cigarettes and other tobacco products; Section 6: Prohibition on sale of Cigarette or other tobacco product to a person below the age of 18 years; Section 7: Restriction on trade and commerce in and production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products).
Deputy Commissioner has also informed regarding the last resolution adopted by the District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC) of Tobacco Control Board Cell Kohima during the month of March 2017 which decided to declare all the schools under Kohima District as Tobacco free Schools.
Therefore the DC urged both Regional Transport Officer Kohima and Superintendent of Police Kohima for compliance of No Smoking in public place and transport and to carry out more enforcement drives under COPTA 2003. Deputy Commissioner Kohima also urged the stakeholders to display No Smoking awareness stickers in all the Vehicles, which can be collected from RTO office Kohima and the RTO Kohima would be submitting an action taken report to the office in this regard, DC added.
