Tobacco Free Zone: District Administration urge Puja Committees to display Two Hoardings at every Puja Pandals

Guwahati: In order to make Guwahati’s Durga Puja Pandals, a ‘Tobacco Free Zone’ Kamrup District Administration on Monday issued a notice to all the Puja Committee members to display at least two hoardings at every Puja Pandal with the slogan of “No Smoking Area- Smoking Here is an Offence” and “Saradiya Puja, Dhapat Mukta Puja”.

District Administration in a press statement stated, “Tobacco is rapidly becoming one of the single leading causes of death in the world. It kills 50% of its users and is expected to kill about one million people in the 21st century, thus, you are hereby requested to kindly take all the necessary steps to make it around all Durga Puja Pandals, a Tobacco-Free Zone."