Agartala, Oct. 22 -- Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu highlighted the growing threat of drug abuse among the youth and called for a united effort to build a Nasha Mukt Tripura.

He was attending the Ravan Dahan programme at the ONGC campus in Agartala, where he symbolically burned the effigy of Ravana and called for a society based on truth, righteousness, compassion and collective responsibility.

Addressing the gathering, the Governor said that the age-old tradition of Ravan Dahan symbolises the ultimate victory of good over evil, light over darkness and truth over falsehood. He observed that Ravana was not merely a mythological villain but a learned, powerful and devout individual who ultimately fell because of arrogance, uncontr...