Rural youth needs immediate help against liquor and drug abuse! - 09/02/2007
The Congress candidate from Qila Raipur has observed that the incidence of liquor and drug abuse among rural youth has reached alarming proportions. The rural youth especially those who are not fully or partly employed are easy prey to such evils. He said he was saddened to seethatthis malaise was engulfing wards fromall classes.He has full sympathy with the youth and their parents. He feels the current situation is a result of quality education and challenging opportunities not having captured the masses in rural areas before the liquor and drug mafia did. Decades of neglect in education and employment generation are the root causes. Vested interests of some in these trades further compound the problem.
He assures that if elected, he plans to set up special counseling, healthcare and rehabilitation facilities for the victims in Qila Raipur. And as a long term preventive measure, he will nominate village level representatives who will assist him in working with all concerned to ensure there is 100% success rate in imparting primary and secondary education/vocational training. Once this is achieved, finding employment will be relatively faster.
Jassi has appealed to all in his constituency not to ignore the writing on the wall and help him in the crusade to deliver a healthy more cost effective solution for their needs.
