Himachal Govt ropes in NGO to help curb drug menace, forest fires
The Himachal Government has tied up with Needle Leaf Foundation-The Saviour, an NGO, to control the rising cases of drug abuse among youth and check forest fires.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated these two projects, which will be implemented by the NGO, here on Tuesday. The CM praised the efforts made by the members of the organisation, and said the state government had ensured multi-dimensional measures to control forest fires.
“Efforts are being made to adopt modern technology in combating forest fires which destroy valuable forest wealth each summers to minimize the damage and prevent fires,” he said.
He said a comprehensive campaign had been launched in the state to prevent the abuse of narcotics and drugs.
“Work is being carried at the inter-state level to stop the smuggling of drugs by working on intelligence received from the neighbouring states in this regard,” he said.
He expressed hope that the efforts of the organisation would strengthen the work being carried out by the government in this direction and combat the growing menace of drug addiction and trafficking.
The NGO’s president, Sunil Grover, gave detailed information about the new schemes.
On the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary KK Pant, Principal Secretary (Finance) Devesh Kumar, Needle Leaf Foundation members Anil Chauhan, Pradeep Kumar, SN Kapoor, Ajay Kochar, treasurer Rajiv Sood and other dignitaries were present.
