bokaro during the ongoing drive against sale and consumption of banned tobacco items in bokaro the district administrations cotpa enforcement team has slapped fine on 15 establishments and violators under the cigarettes and other tobacco products act2003 cotpa 2003 and collected rs 2250over the past couple of days since the drive was launched the team has conducted checking on 68 shops on bari cooperative colony road sonatand and police line under sector 12 police stationdistrict consultant tobacco control mohammad aslam on sunday said the drive is being conducted across the district to comply with various sections of the cotpa 2003 all police station incharges have been requested to ensure raids in their respective locationthe cotpa enforcement team conducted raids in over 3500 shops since january this year we have collected more than rs 60000 fine from 387 shops said aslamwe are focusing to curb sale of tobacco in shops within 100 metres of schools and colleges all public schools in the district have been instructed to hang a board mentioning tobaccofree educational institution at the entrance otherwise a challan will be imposed on its principal under section6b of the cotpa 2003 he addedthe cotpa team has also been conducting awareness campaign in schools to sensitise students about the illeffects of tobacco consumption bokaro dc kuldeep chaudhary said chariots with messages against use and sale of tobacco are often flagged off by the administration to raise awareness as smoking has been banned in public places a violator can be fined up to rs 200 advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products is prohibited under section 5 of the act