To be set up within a month, the board would also evolve means to generate employment opportunities for the youth in the state, said Badal. He added that the board chairman would be of the rank of a Cabinet Minister.

Launching the campaign against drugs under the aegis of the Students Organisation of India (SOI), Badal said the message of “No Drugs” would be launched all over the state and would reach out to every school and college of Punjab.

“We have to eradicate the use drugs from our society as it has become dangerous for lives of the youth. We have to weed out drugs from our system,” said the MP.

Addressing the gathering of students at the Punjabi University campus, Badal said that future of Punjab would be bright only if our youngsters remained healthy. He added that industries were being set up in Punjab to provide employment to the youth. He said that new institutions would be set up in rural areas to empower rural youth.

Addressing students, SOI president Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna said the anti-drug movement would be spread across all over the state. He added that two vans have been specially prepared to travel in every nook and corner of the state to spread the message against drugs. Documentaries against drugs will also be shown. Film artiste Mangal Dhillon was also present on the occasion, besides a number of senior Akali leaders.