Shimla, Dec. 7 -- The Government of Himachal Pradesh has unleashed a multidimensional, uncompromising and resolutely outcome-driven offensive against the narcotic scourge, 'Chitta' and those who peddle it. This initiative transcends the bounds of a routine administrative exercise. It is nothing less than a decisive crusade against the drug mafia, waged with determination and an unflinching will to eradicate this menace without the slightest concession.

On November 15, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu led a historic Mega Walkathon from the iconic Ridge in Shimla to Chaura Maidan, heralding the advent of a statewide people's uprising against Chitta. A similar mass rally and walkathon in Dharamshala further galvanized public senti...