Punjab iscaught in a vicious circle of drug abuse. Punjab has acquired the proportionsof a pestilence that has shaken the entire society in the state. Drugs consumptionin Punjab is rising at a massive scale. It is impacting not only the system,but is going to have adverse effect on the future generations too.
It isobserved that in Punjab consumption of drugs is like an epidemic especiallyamong youth.
Thistrafficking leads to the growth of new generations of neo-rich persons insociety, in politics, in police force, in administration set up. They don’tbother about any system, rules, regulations, probity, accountability andresponsibility to the society at large. A lot of young people give away theirlives and many are struggling to live after the consumption of illegitimatedrugs.
Thecriminals, politicians, police, and the bureaucrats’ network needs to beexposed at all levels.
Not onlydrugs but liquor mafia too is also sheltered by some politicians and blacksheep bureaucrats. It is not only causing huge loss of revenue to governmentbut also becoming a big trouble for innocent persons. Liquor mafia has beenrunning so many illegal factories to manufacture illegitimate liquor causinghealth problems to citizens as well as ruining the lawful revenue of the state.
Illegalsand/gravel mining being carried out in Punjab, which has not stopped which isresulting into loss of revenue to Punjab. Plunder of natural resources by themafias running under the protection of powerful people not only damaging theland but also the environment. The loss of revenue to the state has gone in thepockets of mafias and their protectors.
We need tomake a wakeup call to the system to ensure growth of our own state.
By Rakesh Behal