Bedi directs police to ensure alcoholics undergo de-addiction

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today directed the police officials in the union territory to carry out regular survey of alcoholics and ensure that they (alcoholics) are subjected to de-addiction therapy in rehabilitation centres.
She said this after making a visit to Bharatha Madha drug de-addiction centre at Manavely in Ariyankuppam block today on her bicycle, covering a distance of around 12 kms.
During the visit, she held interactions with those undergoing treatment in the centre and acquainted herself with its activities, a release from Raj Nivas here said.
She was accompanied by her Additional Secretary G Srinivas and the Officer on Special Duty Amrita Bahl.

Bedi also asked the police officers in rural and semi urban areas to hold a survey in their respective areas and identify alcoholics and help them approach the de-addiction centres.
The release further said the Lt Governor invited the chairperson of the Trust running the Bharatha Madha Drug De-addiction centre,Gopal Pillai to a meeting at Raj Nivas.
Bedi intended to share with the head of the NGO her (Bedi's) sixteen years experience in successfully running a de-addiction centre in New Delhi through the NGOs Navjyoti and Indian Vision Foundation, whose works had received the prestigious Sotiroff Memorial Award from the United Nations.

"Kiran Bedi has decided to visit an NGO here every week to have an insight into their activities and social services rendered for the vulnerable sections," the release added.