Shimla, Nov. 16 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday launched a public campaign against 'chitta' , leading the 'Chitta-Virodh' awareness walkathon from the Ridge to Chaura Maidan in Shimla, marking the beginning of the anti-drug drive. Sukhu also invokes religion to fight the spiralling drug menace in the state and urged the religious institutions to raise their voice against drug abuse.

"If all religious institutions stand together against Chitta, then no one will be able to stop us from ending this evil," said Sukhu in his appeal to religious institutions to raise their voice against drug abuse.

This appeal comes as Himachal Pradesh faces many fold increase in number of NDPS cases in the state with "chitta" reaching ev...