Shimla, Dec. 17 -- Reiterating the government's resolve to wipe out the networks of chitta (heroin) traffickers, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday urged the people of the state to join hands with the government in eradicating chitta and building a healthy drug-free society. "Strict and decisive action is underway to uproot the chitta termite from its roots," said the CM who led an Anti-Chitta Awareness Walkathon in Hamirpur that commenced from Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) before concluding at the Police Lines, Dosadka Ground. Among the participants were students, public representatives and officials. The CM also administered an oath at the school ground, where participants pledged their collective resolve to eliminate chitta and other narcotic substances from Himachal Pradesh. Addressing the gathering, Sukhu said drug traffickers, suppliers and those providing protection to these illicit networks were being systematically targeted, using advanced technology besides a strengthened intelligence framework and stringent legal provisions to dismantle organised narcotics cartels. He also said that the addicts were being rehabilitated and brought back into the mainstream. "Informers providing details of chitta suppliers would receive rewards ranging from Rs.10,000 to Rs.10 lakh," he stated. The CM noted that on November 22 the police carried out simultaneous raids at 121 locations across the state against top traffickers. Three days later, intensive checking drives were conducted in 51 educational institutions and around 598 shops, markets and areas surrounding colleges, resulting in the registration of 12 NDPS cases and issuance of 385 challans. During the walkathon, Sukhu interacted with a student of Pehchan Special School in Hamirpur. He is son of the 40-year-old woman who was grievously injured while resisting a rape attempt by a 14-year-old boy. She had succumbed at PGIMER in Chandigarh. The victim is survived by her husband, a Class 4 employee, the specially abled child who was dependent on her for daily chores. Sukhu flagged off the Nadaun-Hamirpur-Ghumarwin-Delhi Volvo bus service of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC). It will depart daily from Nadaun at 7 am, reaching Hamirpur at 8 am and Ghumarwin at 9 am, leaving Chandigarh at 11.40 am and reaching Delhi at 4.40 pm. On the return journey, the bus will leave Delhi at 8.30 am and reach Nadaun at 6.30 pm. The CM said fare can now be paid through UPI, debit cards and credit cards. He said that HRTC has become the first State Transport undertaking in the country to introduce the 'National Common Mobility Card' facility. With this card, passengers can travel across the country, including in the Delhi Metro, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses, Haryana Roadways and buses in western Mumbai....