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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched a nationalist question connected Saturday (November 15, 2025) to eradicate ‘chitta’ (heroin) from the State, vowing that cause traffickers who destruct young lives and teardrop families isolated would find nary refuge successful the elevation State.
“Our constabulary is ready, our authorities is ready, and much importantly, our radical are acceptable to rout out chitta. ‘Chitta-Free Himachal’ is not simply a governmental inaugural but is simply a people’s movement,” helium said, addressing a gathering aft the ‘Chitta-Virodh’ (oppose heroin) consciousness walkathon from the Ridge to Chaura Maidan successful Shimla.
“A beardown nationalist question has present begun to extremity this menace. The State authorities is moving connected 3 fronts to combat drugs. First, spreading consciousness astir the dangers of cause abuse. Second, preventing younker from falling into the addiction trap by cracking down connected cause mafias, strengthening instrumentality enforcement agencies, and empowering them to woody sternly with the chitta mafia. Third, ensuring rehabilitation for young radical trapped successful addiction,” Mr. Sukhu said, adding, “Addicted younker are not criminals, they request treatment, care, and support.”
The Chief Minister said the authorities had adopted a zero-tolerance argumentation against chitta. “No 1 progressive successful this commercialized volition beryllium spared, nary substance however influential they whitethorn be. The authorities has implemented the Prevention of Illicit Traffic successful Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act to nonstop repeated offenders progressive successful cause trafficking to jail. New laws person besides been passed for treatment, rehabilitation, and power of organised cause crimes. These see provisions for the decease penalty, beingness imprisonment, fines up to ₹10 lakh, and seizure of spot of cause traffickers,” helium said.
“The authorities volition soon signifier a squad of 1,000 anti-chitta volunteers, who volition enactment arsenic a nexus betwixt the constabulary and the public. The constabulary person been instructed to place cause users and cause mafias astatine the panchayat level, and this enactment has been completed,” Mr. Sukhu said.
Scores of children, nationalist representatives, officials, and salient citizens participated successful the walkathon. The Chief Minister administered an oath astatine the Shimla Ridge, urging radical to enactment distant from drugs and addictive substances.
