Dehradun, June 26 -- Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan held a meeting of the National Narco Coordination Portal (ANCORD) at the Secretariat on Thursday.

The Chief Secretary expressed deep concern over the increasing trend of drug addiction among the youth in the plains as well as hilly areas of the state.

He stressed the need to take strict measures to control the increasing menace of drug addiction among the youth. He said that for this, District magistrates and SSPs will have to play an important role.

The Chief Secretary directed the increase in enforcement to stop the sale of drugs. He said that the police department needs to take strict measures to prevent drug addiction.

For this, he nominated SSP STF Navneet Singh as a ...