The meeting, an annual affair, has been convened by the central Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and chiefs of anti-narcotics departments of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Delhi will meet for a day-long session.
"The meeting has some specific points on its agenda. One of the salient agendas is to reduce the demand and supply of drugs and psychotropic substances in the country. The Prime Minister has also mentioned in his talk with countrymen that the drugs menace has to end. The north Indian states are very active areas in terms of overall drug movement in the country," NCB Deputy Director General (North) R P Singh said here.
These north Indian states, sources said, including Rajasthan, Punjab and J and K which border Pakistan, constitute close to 60 per cent of the total instances of drug movements and seizures in the country.