Mohali, May 4 -- Punjab health and family welfare minister Dr Balbir Singh said the state government will launch a village and ward-wise 'Nasha Mukti Yatra' from May 7 as part of its ongoing campaign against drugs, 'Yudh Nasheya Virudh'.

Chairing a district-level meeting of village/ward defence committees (panchayats and councillors) on Saturday, the health minister said that the state government led by chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is working on a two-pronged strategy to tackle the problem - the first is to tighten the noose around the drug smugglers and the second is rehabilitation of addicts. He added that besides sending the addicts to de-addiction centres, the government is also imparting skill training and providing them jobs/...