Kejri: Mass anti-drug drive, addicts' census from Apr 1

Says state govt will raise special force to prevent drug smuggling from across the border

- HT Correspondent

LUDHIANA: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said a mass movement against drugs will be launched and a drug census will be carried out to identify addicts to provide them with proper treatment in Punjab from April 1.

He also released an anti-drug helpline number 9779100200 and exhorted the people to give information related to selling of drugs in their area on this number.

Addressing a gathering in Indoor Stadium at Pakhowal Road in Ludhiana, Kejriwal lauded the Bhagwant Mann government for the ongoing anti-drug drive and said that anti-national forces were rattled by this campaign. He said the AAP government is taking unprecedented action against drug trafficking.

"We have declared a war on drugs. You can see this war unfolding over the past 20 days as houses of major drug smugglers are being demolished by bulldozers. Huge quantities of drugs worth crores have been seized. For the first time, a government has dared to confront these smugglers head-on," Kejriwal said.