Aizawl, May 20 -- The Mizoram government will enforce stricter rules for the establishment of de-addiction or rehabilitation centres by private agencies, social welfare minister Lalrinpuii said on Monday.

Speaking to reporters in Aizawl, Lalrinpuii said that any individual or private agencies intending to set up or have set up a de-addiction centre will have to obtain accreditation from the government from now on.

She said that accreditation is mandatory for all de-addiction or rehabilitation centres under the Mizoram Drug (Controlled Substances) Act, 2016 and The Mizoram Drug Treatment cum Rehabilitation Centre Accreditation Rules, 2019 (and its subsequent amendments).

"These acts and rules prescribe minimum standards of infrastructur...