Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Chief Minister, deserves appreciation for taking serious steps to bring his State out of the drug menace (“High on rhetoric,” July 12). His mission must be two-pronged. First, he should be able to both persuade people in his State to give up on drugs and severely punish those who fail to abide by the drug-prevention laws. Second, he should eliminate the supply chain of narcotic drugs linked to the neighbouring countries, particularly those in the Golden Crescent (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan). Punjab has brought immense pride to the country on the agricultural front. It needs to now take steps to remove the blot of drugs from its fabric.
Nagarajamani M.V.,
Hyderabad