In an attempt to get better of its war against drug menace, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday invited country’s first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi to put her views on tackling the problem of drug abuse and trafficking in the state for an early resolution of this m
Badal, in a letter to Bedi, appreciated her concern for Punjab and her will and desire towards finding a solution to this grave problem. The development assumes significance as Bedi had written an “open letter” in a section of press offering her services to tackle drug menace.
Chief Minister said that he was quite confident that his deliberations with her along with officials of health department, police administration and other stakeholders would certainly pave a way for evolving a comprehensive strategy to effectively combat and eradicate the problem of drug addiction from the state. Badal said that he was positive that her wide experience would come extremely handy in strengthening the current de-addiction drive launched by the State Government.