Punjab govt starts mission ‘Hope Initiative’ to make state completely drug-free

Amritsar: In Punjab, efforts to make the state completely drug-free are going at different levels currently. The state government also started the mission Hope Initiative’ in this regard from Amritsar yesterday. The Ardas for the success of this mission was performed in the premises of Sri Harmandir Sahib.

Led by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, thousands of youth from across the state yesterday participated in Ardaas at Sri Harmandir Sahib to make the state



completely drug-free. These youth wearing yellow turbans, patkas and duppatas, prayed to the almighty to give strength to them for fulfilling this sacred mission aimed at wiping out the curse of drugs from this border state. 

This anti-drug ‘Hope Initiative’ has been embarked with a three fold strategy of Pray, Pledge, and Play which is first of its kind mass movement against drugs to break the backbone of this menace.