PMK leader's plea to state, central govts on drug menace

PMK founder P Ramadoss today urged the state and central governments to cancel recognition of institutes which failed to contain the menace of drugs and its supply to students in its campuses.
In a statement, he said "The students who are supposed to focus on education and set a prosperous future for themselves are getting addicted to drugs in some of the leading institutes in Chennai.This is a matter of serious concern," he said.
He said students from various states were joining the institutes and "some of them are getting addicted to drugs involuntarily."
Though the issue was raised in the state assembly during 2006-11,no action had been taken, he claimed.

He demanded that a separate wing be created by police to monitor drug pedlars and prevent them from selling drugs near the institutes.
If government did not take steps to prevent sale of drugs inside educational institutes, PMK would be forced to launch an agitation to press for the same, he said.
He also demanded that government cancel recognition to institutes which failed to contain the menace of drugs.