India, Sept. 29 -- Anganwadi workers across Punjab are being brought into the state government's Yudh Nashean Virudh campaign as Nasha Mukti Mitras, with the initiative focusing on community-level awareness, early intervention and prevention of drug abuse.

A state-level programme in Malout, Sri Muktsar Sahib, highlighted the government's approach of expanding the campaign beyond enforcement and de-addiction services to include community participation and preventive measures. At the event, Social Security and Women and Child Development Minister Dr Baljit Kaur felicitated 20 Anganwadi workers serving as Nasha Mukti Mitras for their contribution to spreading awareness about substance abuse.

The workers, who regularly interact with familie...