Apr 30, 2025 06:24 AM IST
A spokesperson from the chief minister’s workplace mentioned that the marketing campaign will kick off with district-level conferences from Could 2 to 4
The Punjab authorities on Tuesday introduced the launch of an anti-drug consciousness and motion marketing campaign titled ‘Nasha Mukti Yatra’, which can cowl each village and municipal ward throughout the state throughout Could and June.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann mentioned the marketing campaign is meant to rework the struggle in opposition to medicine right into a mass motion. (HT File)
A spokesperson from the chief minister’s workplace mentioned that the marketing campaign will kick off with district-level conferences from Could 2 to 4, to be organised in shut coordination with village defence committees (VDCs). These conferences will function the formal launchpad for the initiative. Along with VDC members, village sarpanches, civil and police officers, and different stakeholders will attend the assembly.
The chief minister has directed deputy commissioners and senior superintendents of police (SSPs) to kind VDCs in villages the place they’re at present absent and guarantee their participation within the conferences. Equally, ward defence committees (WDCs) can be fashioned in all municipal wards, the spokesperson mentioned.
Every district-level assembly can be chaired by a state cupboard minister and can goal to construct neighborhood vigilance, improve coordination between native defence committees and the district administration and reinforce a unified stand in opposition to drug abuse.
The second part of the Nasha Mukti Yatra will start on Could 7, with neighborhood conferences held in each village and ward. These conferences will contain VDCs, WDCs, sarpanches, and native officers, following a schedule ready by the state authorities.
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann mentioned the marketing campaign is meant to rework the struggle in opposition to medicine right into a mass motion. He referred to as for public assist to make sure medicine are eradicated from communities and assist victims break away from habit.
