 "Modi proposes helpline to fight drug menace")
In his third radio address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the drug menace that has gripped a large chunk of India's young population.
"During the conference of the state Director Generals of Police in Guwahati, I had touched upong the issue and asked the officers to start a helpline to fight the danger," Modi said in the radio address. The work on the tollfree number could start soon.
During the address the PM expressed fears that the money earned through drug suply and drug sale could go to drug mafias and terror organisations to buy arms to use against India.
The PM appealed to the parents to not disown their wards and stop blaming them. "It is the habit (taking drugs) that is bad. The youths are not bad. It is the addiction that should take the blame," he said.
"During the conference of the state Director Generals of Police in Guwahati, I had touched upong the issue and asked the officers to start a helpline to fight the danger," Modi said in the radio address. The work on the tollfree number could start soon.
During the address the PM expressed fears that the money earned through drug suply and drug sale could go to drug mafias and terror organisations to buy arms to use against India.
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"This money could be used to buy weapons to use against Indian jawans who become martyrs while defending their country."
The PM appealed to the parents to not disown their wards and stop blaming them. "It is the habit (taking drugs) that is bad. The youths are not bad. It is the addiction that should take the blame," he said.