Villages declared drug free by passing resolutions
By Amrit Pal Brar
Sangrur, August 23:
The anti-drug awareness campaign being run by the Punjab government to make the state drug free has started yielding fruits. Deputy Commissioner Sangrur who has been leading from the front for the implementation of this campaign on the ground level has conducted various seminars and other awareness programmes which has been showing great results.
Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that the village panchayats of three villages of Block Bhawanigarh has passed the resolution declaring the villages’ drug free.
He said that the village panchayats of Sangatpura, Retgarh and Rajpura, inspired by the Punjab government’s campaign against drugs, have set a precedent by completely making these villages drug free.
Deputy Commissioner said that in Sangrur district under the leadership of Cabinet Minister Vijayinder Singla and Cabinet Minister Razia Sultana organised several awareness programmes time to time. After these programmes, there has also been an increase in the rate of those who expressed desire to shun drugs forever.
Thori said that all the SDMs have been directed to create awareness about the DAPO, Tandarust Punjab Mission, Buddy and Senior Buddy programs in the villages in coordination with the DSPs.
Under this mission, people already fell in the well of drugs have also been identified and they are being guided to shun drugs forever so that they can become the part of mainstream society.
Thori said that the administration is continuously coordinating with the police officers and cases are being registered against drug smugglers and they are being sent behind the bars. DC also said that the village panchayats of Bhawanigarh have made a commendable effort by passing the resolution of drug free villages and other villages should also step into the shoes of these villages to set an example.
Deputy Commissioner stated that people who started taking drugs always destroy their future and it is the duty of every citizen of Punjab to support such people and take them out of the drugs well.
Deputy Commissioner said that the village Sangatpura has a population of 1000, 1800 of Retgarh and 1400 of Rajpura and in the last days, awareness rallies and seminars on the ill effects of drugs set a good example.
He said that gram panchayats and people are also being mobilized against drugs and in the coming days, the initiatives of other panchayats will see impressive results.
