Village Defense Committees are fulfilling their responsibility to eradicate drugs: Tarunpreet Singh Saund
A large number of people reached the Punjab government and raised their voice against drugs
Under the Nasha Mukti Yatra, they reached villages Ishanpur, Hole and Baupur in Khanna constituency and made people aware against drugs
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat, Industries and Commerce, Capital Investment Promotion, Labour and Tourism and Cultural Affairs Tarunpreet Singh Saund, in the next phase of the decisive fight against drugs under the “War on Drugs” campaign launched by the Punjab government to make the state drug-free, reached villages Ishanpur, Hole and Baupur of Khanna constituency on Saturday under the Nasha Mukti Yatra and participated in awareness programs with village level and ward level defense committees and mobilized a large number of people against drugs.
Cabinet Minister Mr. Tarunpreet Singh Saund said in his address that under the able leadership of Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Bhagwant Singh Mann, the war against drugs will continue until the eradication of drugs and drug smugglers and by taking the state to the heights of progress, Punjab will be made the leading state in terms of development of the country and the day is not far when Punjab will once again become a colorful Punjab. He asked the village defense committees, representatives of panchayats and villagers to work as village guards and cooperate with the government for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts so that such people can be included in the mainstream of society and given a new life.
He gave a message of working seriously and unitedly for the eradication of drugs. He said that under the war on drugs campaign, the Punjab government has formed Village Defense Committees in which the Sarpanch and other members have been included who are fulfilling their responsibility for the complete eradication of drugs.
Saund told the villagers that the Punjab government will take strict action against drug traffickers as per the law and their illegal properties will be confiscated. He appealed to the people to make people aware of the ill effects of drugs in villages, wards, streets and neighborhoods and provide information about drug traffickers to the police so that strictest action can be taken against them. He said that the village watchmen will play a leading role in the decisive war against drugs.
During these awareness programs, Cabinet Minister Saund made the personalities including the Panch, Sarpanch, Defense Committees of villages Ishanpur, Hole and Baupur and the villagers who arrived in large numbers take a pledge to eradicate the scourge of drugs by becoming the watchmen of the villages and wards. In these programs, a large number of people who arrived raised their voices against drugs by standing shoulder to shoulder with the Punjab government.
On this occasion, Coordinator of Drug Detox Morcha Punjab from Khanna constituency Parampreet Singh, Chairman Market Committee Khanna Jagtar Singh Gill Ratanheri, Block President Rural of Aam Aadmi Party Mr. Avtar Singh, high officials of Police Department, Panchayat Department, Health Department and other departments and members of Village Defense Committees, Panch, Sarpanch and a large number of villagers were present.
