Gandhinagar, Nov 11 (IANS) Under the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ (Drug-Free India Campaign) launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on August 15, 2020, Gujarat has made progress in spreading awareness about the dangers of substance abuse.

Over the past five years, the state has organised more than 8,000 activities, including rallies, signature campaigns, seminars, and awareness drives such as Nasha Mukti Rath Yatras reaching and sensitising more than 35 lakh citizens across urban and rural regions.

The campaign, which initially covered eight districts of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Mehsana, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Porbandar in 2020, was later expanded to Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Valsad, and Gandhinagar in 2022.

Since August 2

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