India, Sept. 7 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday urged the state's youth to help make Haryana drug-free by reporting drug peddlers in their neighbourhoods, saying their participation would be crucial to the campaign.

"The resolve and enthusiasm of our youngsters will give a new direction to this campaign," Saini said while addressing a half marathon in Rewari organised under the theme "Nasha Mukt Haryana-Khel Yukt Haryana" (Drug-free Haryana, sports-led Haryana).

Saini said the state government had rolled out a comprehensive strategy covering enforcement, public awareness, treatment and rehabilitation. He said the drug problem was not new and had been tackled by the government over the last 12 years with a long-term ...