The people of the villages are now also joining in the decisive fight against drugs started by the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Maan. Today, on the occasion of International Anti-Drug Day, the people of 133 villages of Fazilka district took an oath to make their villages drug-free by passing resolutions to report drug dealers to the police and to provide treatment to drug addicts to support the administration in this fight. Villagers in five blocks of Fazilka district have taken this new initiative by passing panchayat resolutions. Often in the villages, due to mutual community or mutual proximity, no one was ready to report the bad elements involved in drug trafficking, but now people have decided to break this tradition. In the past, the people of Khubban village had freely shared such information with the police and the police immediately took legal action in the village. In this regard, in the resolutions passed by the villages, where the people of the villages have taken a pledge against the bad elements, at the same time, the people have also decided to encourage the people suffering from drug addiction to seek treatment. Upkar Singh of Kilianwali village said that many people did not come forward for treatment because if they went to the hospital, the police would catch them. Now we as a panchayat will encourage such people to get treatment to de-addiction from drugs. Gurpal Singh of Chak Khiowali and Baljit Singh of Chak Radhewala said that when the people and the administration will work together, the rate of success is bound to increase. District Deputy Commissioner Dr. Senu Duggal welcomed this initiative of the villagers and said that the administration will help the villagers in every possible way. She said that drug addicts will be given free treatment in government health institutions, while strict action will be taken against the bad elements while keeping the identity of the informers of drug dealers confidential. District Development and Panchayat Officer Gurdarshan Lal said that 15 villages in Fazilka block. 25 villages in Jalalabad block, 35 villages in Khuiyan Sarwar block, 30 in Abohar block and 28 in Arniwala block have passed panchayat resolutions to fight against drugs.
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