Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra has instructed the officers of Health and Family Welfare Department to pull up their socks and act tough by checking the sales of tobacco products within 100 metres radius of schools, colleges and hospitals. The DC also offered to recommend the names of best performing officers for Sarvottama Seva Prashasti (award) conferred every year on best officers in each Departments.
Chairing the tri-monthly progress review meeting of District Tobacco Control Cell at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, the DC questioned the officers, whether it has come to their notice, the sales of beedi, cigarette and other tobacco products in a blatant manner near educational institutions and hospitals and the stalls at KSRTC Bus Stands at various places in the district including Mysuru City, Taluk and Hobli Centres.
