India, May 12 -- A month into Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's intensified Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyaan, the campaign finds itself at a crossroads between public health goals and enforcement measures. While the initiative has seen hundreds of FIRs since its April 11 launch, official sources reveal that the crackdown has led to the demolition of 37 houses and structures so far, with over 24 of these actions in Kashmir alone.

As bulldozer justice becomes part of the drive, questions regarding due process remain unanswered; divisional commissioner, Kashmir, Anshul Garg did not respond to messages enquiring whether legal procedures are being adopted during the demolition of properties belonging to alleged drug peddlers.

Speaking in Srinagar rec...