Nawanshahr (Pb), Apr 22 (PTI) The civil and police administration here will launch a massive awareness drive against the drug menace from Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary martyr Bhagat Singh in Punjab, on April 25, officials said on Friday.

Presiding over a meeting at his office, Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police Sandeep Sharma said under the drive, the officials will hold face-to-face interactions with the people of the villages and listen to their valuable suggestions or feedback to wipe out the drug menace.

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Randhawa said in such public interactions, the senior officers will motivate people to work shoulder to shoulder with the government to eliminate the social evil from their areas and make a drug-free society.

He said public meetings and interactions will be held regularly in the villages under this campaign for making it a social movement to save the youth from the scourge of drugs.

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Meanwhile, SSP Sandeep Sharma said the police have already been taking strict action against those involved in drug smuggling and the menace will be nipped in the bud.

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