16 districts in grip of drug addiction: Selja

Congress general secretary and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja today alleged that 16 out of 22 districts in the state were in the grip of drug addiction.

In a statement issued today, she alleged that while there were 120 drug addiction centres in the state yet they were turning out to be white elephants. Despite tall claims by the state government, these centres seemed to be nobody’s babies, she alleged.

Giving an instance, she alleged that no budget had been released for drug addition centre in Kurukshetra since 2016. As the centre had been lying closed since 2020, as many as 11 staff members have lost jobs.

Similarly, the Rewari drug addiction centre had been without building and functioning from a rented accommodation. No budget had been released for the centre and the posts were also lying vacant. Similarly, the Jind centre had also not got any budget since 2020, the MP alleged. "The situation in other drug addiction centre is no different. The state government must spare a thought for these centres," she said.