23 die from drug overdose in June, Will Chitta ever leave Punjab?

23 die from drug overdose in June, Will Chitta ever leave Punjab? Numerous promises in expensive, elaborated rallies at the time of campaigning won't have costed as much as the fake hopes and promises have to the common man of Punjab. While people still pay an excruciating price; the cost of every life lost, every son and daughter of the family given in to drugs; the government can perhaps now be reminded that "four weeks to eradicate drugs from Punjab" is gone long back.

The time is ticking, and after every few hours a young man is dead. June saw the young blood suffering from intoxication of drugs, its overdose- leaving the grieving families hopelessly struggling with sadness and rage. There were 17 deaths in the last two weeks — that’s one life snuffed out every passing day.

'Chitta free Punjab', a slogan raised high, while 23 die from overdose in June

Also Read: one more dead in drug overdose in Punjab A youth dead in a heap of garbage while his mother weep next to his body, a minor boy struggling for life as his uncle over dose him with drugs, a child sleeps next to his father while the latter is dead after a drug overdose. AAP leader's son found dead after foul smell of the dead body emanates the house and a number of other cases that leave us wondering if its a -

Chitta free Punjab? or is Chitta selling for free in Punjab? “He was so young,” a father whispers after drugs consume his son in Amritsar. The body of this

fair youth, had turned black-  — as if something had burnt it from inside. Fearful, if the government in Punjab is waiting for another epidemic to take over the state, as if 23 dead in a month wasn't enough. Also Read: AAP leaders son dead due to drug overdose Punjab won the war against terrorism. But it is losing to drugs. It's youth at once fought against the foreign forces, and today its youth is giving in to the other forces. What scares us is the fact that these numbers could, probably be the only ones recorded. The ones on paper, while there would be others dying- unknown, untreated. -Written and Edited by Nimrat Kaur for PTC News