Operation Toofan
Operation Thoofan 2.0 is a year-long, community-led campaign to complement police enforcement by reducing demand for drugs, intervening early, and ensuring treatment, rehabilitation, and social reintegration. It will coordinate local governments, Kerala Police, health and education services, Social Justice and Youth Affairs departments, Kudumbashree, families, schools, workplaces, volunteers, and community groups to extend prevention from police stations into all 20,999 wards, homes, and institutions. Ward-level public vigilance committees will identify local drug-related problems, coordinate awareness and prevention, monitor risks, and connect individuals and families to relevant support. The main goals are to reduce the appeal and use of drugs through public education, family engagement, health and education initiatives, and youth participation; establish ward-level vigilance; treat people with substance dependence as people needing support rather than as criminals, providing counselling, medical and de-addiction care, mental and family support, and reintegration; enable confidential public reporting of drug sales, distribution, use, and hotspots; and channel young people’s energy into sports, arts, culture, service, and other constructive activities. The state launch is scheduled for 28 September 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at A.R. Nagar Grama Panchayat, Malappuram, led by the Chief Minister and attended by ministers, representatives, and senior officials; the event will be livestreamed for local governments, which must also hold parallel events at all local-government headquarters. On launch day, local bodies are to raise the Thoofan flag simultaneously in the presence of their heads and senior police officers, then hold a pledge, announce Thoofan Warriors, and distribute their badges; the police will arrange awareness classes and a programme video the following day, while local events should involve elected representatives, staff, Kudumbashree and Haritha Karma Sena workers, students, ASHA and Anganwadi workers, young people, teachers, pensioners, voluntary groups, and the public. The work plan includes special Thoofan Gram Sabhas in all 20,999 wards to discuss local threats and devise locally suitable early-identification and prevention measures; Kudumbashree and Haritha Karma Sena outreach to identify hotspots and families needing attention; strengthened or new confidential reporting channels, including toll-free numbers, WhatsApp helplines, and QR codes, with informants’ identities protected; district Thoofan Care committees under the District Police Chief, including psychologists, de-addiction specialists, and medical officers, to refer people to services and ensure continuing care and reintegration; stronger after-care homes to help people who have recovered avoid relapse and return to community life; and more active Thoofan anti-drug clubs in educational institutions under School Protection Groups and College Protection Groups to detect early use and strengthen awareness and prevention. Each ward committee will follow a 12-month calendar: months 1–3, special Gram Sabhas, campus awareness, and hotspot identification; months 4–6, counselling camps for parents and sports and arts events for youth; months 7–9, rollout of confidential reporting channels, medical and de-addiction camps, and workplace awareness; months 10–12, Kudumbashree home visits, student mentoring workshops, and state recognition for outstanding wards and educational institutions. The campaign’s intended destination is “drug-free families, drug-free schools, drug-free wards, and a drug-free Kerala.”
