CHANDIGARH, Sept. 12 -- Haryana's director general of police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur on Thursday said that 4,233 villages out of 7,354 villages in the state have been declared drug-free.

Similarly, out of 1,956 wards, 910 wards now fall under the drug-free category with Kurukshetra district taking the lead by declaring 410 villages drug-free, followed by Nuh 310 villages and Kaithal with 232 villages.

"The police implemented a joint verification system of CID and HSNCB to make the process more reliable and transparent, ensuring a true assessment of the drug-free status of villages," DGP Kapur said after chairing a meeting related to the "drug -free Haryana" campaign.

He said that "Drug-Free Haryana" is not merely a matter of law and ord...