Chandigarh
\nPunjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday dubbed as a `bundle of lies\u2019 the allegation of Akali supremo Prakash Singh Badal\u2019s allegation that he (the former) had failed to end the drug menace in the state after swearing on Gutka Sahib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expressing shock that a senior political leader could brazenly speak such lies, the Chief Minister said he had sworn in the name of Gutka Sahib in Damdama that he would break the backbone of drugs, which he had successfully done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It did not behove Badal to spread such falsehoods, said the Chief Minister in the Vidhan Sabha, referring to the SAD leader\u2019s recent utterances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His government\u2019s comprehensive campaign against drugs had squarely broken the backbone of the drug mafia in the state, said Captain Amarinder, adding that the campaign continues unabated, in line with his poll promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state government had adopted a comprehensive EDP \u2013 Enforcement, De-addiction and Prevention – strategy to meet the requirements of its promise to the people of Punjab, said the Chief Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citing figures, Captain Amarinder said 34,373 NDPS cases had been registered during the last three years, with the arrest of 42,571 persons and seizure of 974.15 kgs of heroin by Punjab Police. A total of 193 Out-patient Opioid Addiction Treatment (OOATs) clinics had been established and were providing free regular treatment to drug addicts, and, at present, 3.70 lakh persons were undergoing treatment for drug addiction in the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further, said the Chief Minister, in order to make an anti-Drug Abuse campaign a people\u2019s campaign, his government had enrolled over 5 lakh Drug Abuse & Prevention Officers (DAPOs) and created about 8 lakh Buddy Groups in all schools and colleges of the State, ensuring that the message to check and control drug abuse reaches every household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe all know that no such measure was taken by the previous government,\u201d he said, adding that, \u201cin fact they denied the existence of drugs in the State.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief Minister assured the House that these efforts will be redoubled and continued\u201d till we succeed to control, if not fully obliterate, drugs from the State.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday dubbed as a `bundle of lies\u2019 the allegation of Akali supremo Prakash Singh Badal\u2019s allegation that he (the former) had failed to end the drug menace in the state after swearing on Gutka Sahib. Expressing shock that a senior political leader could brazenly speak such lies, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80817,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80815\/revisions\/80817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}