{"id":221343,"date":"2025-06-28T12:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T12:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221343\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T12:43:08","slug":"medicines-dumped-in-canal-probe-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221343\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicines Dumped in Canal, Probe Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>SRINAGAR<\/strong>: A large quantity of medicines worth several lakhs was found dumped in a forest canal in the Gundrehman area of central Kashmir\u2019s Ganderbal district on Saturday, triggering alarm among locals and authorities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"696\">Locals who discovered the abandoned medicines scattered across the canal immediately alerted officials. Teams from the Drug Control Department Ganderbal arrived at the scene and launched an investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"908\">Confirming the recovery, a departmental official stated, \u201cWe have taken samples from the spot, and efforts are underway to trace the source of these medicines. Strict action will be taken against the culprits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"1209\">The medicines, if expired or chemically active, could contaminate local water sources and harm both wildlife and human populations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1393\">\u201cThis is not only criminal wastage of essential drugs but also a grave threat to our environment,\u201d said a local resident, urging authorities to identify and punish those responsible.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1569\">Officials have assured the public of a comprehensive investigation. [KNT]<\/p>\n<p> &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#13; SRINAGAR: A large quantity of medicines worth several lakhs was found dumped in a forest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[105,4326,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-221343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}