Centre formulating detailed strategy to tackle problem of drugs in Punjab: Amit Shah

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday informed Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh that the Central government was formulating a detailed strategy to tackle the problem of drugs in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.

Amit Shah made the disclosure when Captain called on him on Thursday evening and reiterated his demand for a National Drugs Policy to combat the menace, read a statement.

Thanking the Union Home Minister for the Centre’s support for Punjab’s anti-drugs campaign, Singh sought attachment of additional Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers with the state, along with the deputation of an IG level officer permanently at Chandigarh along with a DIG in Amritsar.

Singh urged Shah to press upon Pakistan to construct an overbridge over Ravi river to facilitate devotees from travelling through Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor in all seasons, without obstruction, the statement added.

The link over Ravi river has been stuck due to Pakistan’s insistence on building a causeway over the creek between the bridges being constructed by the two countries on their respective side.

The Chief Minister pointed out that a causeway as proposed by Islamabad would get flooded in the monsoon season, thus obstructing passage through the historic Corridor, the statement said.

In response to a request from Singh, the Union Home Minister agreed on the exchange of three companies of central forces with the IRB for the high-security jails in Punjab.