Srinagar, March 10 -- The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) on Thursday stated that all the heads of the institutions are authorised to impose a fine on shopkeepers selling tobacco within 100 yards of the educational institution.

In this regard, the DSEK held a divisional-level sensitization training programme for officers of the School Education Department regarding the ill-effects of tobacco products and the implementation of COTPA-2023.

The initiative has been taken to ensure tobacco-free educational institutions across Kashmir.

"We have established health and wellness institutions in all the educational institutions which are monitored by the heads of the institutions," Director School Education Tasaduq Hussain Mir tol...