Browsing by Author "Honnutagi, Fayazuddin A. (11ARC07)"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    DE-ADDICTION CENTER COLLABORATED WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT YUSUF MEHERALLY CENTER
    (AIKTC, 2015-11) Wadawalkar, Prajakta; Honnutagi, Fayazuddin A. (11ARC07)
    SYNOPSIS "Mumbai has traditionally been a conduit for the drug trade and consequently, the number of users here has always been large. The city also gets addicts from all over the country who check into rehabilitation facilities here. Nearly 10,000 drug users have gone in for de-addiction in Mumbai at some time or the other in last three years," said Dr Yusuf Merchant, a leading anti-drug crusader who has been working in the field for the last three decades. Over the last three years, Maharashtra has had the largest number of people registering for drugs de-addiction in the country. Drug addicts and alcoholics are mostly jobless or they are not concerned about their job, family, society, etc. And they tend to lead a stress full life. Due to which they get dependent on others and this leads to a direct impact on growth and development of nation in major aspects. Other then this accidents, crime rate, prostitution, HIV, etc. keep on increasing which is a great threat to society. Aim: Main aim of this thesis is to design a rehabilitation centre for alcohol and drug addicts with additional facility of vocational training which will improve their quality and standard of life and make them able to serve the society. Objectives:  Designing a rehab which will cater increasing number of addicts from Mumbai and all over India, since the problem due to addiction is increasing year by year.  Redesigning the existing vocational training centre of Yusuf Meherally centre as a part of recovery.  Adding much advanced courses in training for a good response of outsiders.  Creating an environment in rehabilitation centre which will help in recovering the patient as early as possible and lead a normal and stress free life.  Collaborating the existing training centre at Yusuf Meherally with the rehabilitation centre so that it becomes part of treatment as well as a platform for interaction between patients with the society.