Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Tuesday said it would be his priority to make the state free from drugs and appealed to the people to cooperate at every level so that “we can save the youth from falling prey to drug abuse”.
Besides, the issue could be discussed in length and measures to be adopted to tackle drug menace to be taken up with the civil and Police authorities of the bordering states that will help routing this evil thoroughly.
Shukla said the issue was also part of discussion when he called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi after becoming the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
A planned strategy has to be chalked out to fight this social evil. He expressed contentment that the police department is doing its job well to capture illegal drugs in day-to-day checkpoints and is also spreading awareness in Society about drug abuse and its consequences.