State-level programme of Addiction-Free Day celebrated

Dignitaries watering a plant during the State-level programme of Addiction-Free Day that was celebrated in Yadgir district on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A State-level programme of Addiction-Free Day was celebrated on Agriculture College Campus in Bheemarayanagudi in Shahapur taluk of Yadgir district on Saturday to mark the birth anniversary of Mahanta Shivayogi of Vijay Mahanteshwar Samsthan.Peethadhipathi of Vishwa Vakkaliga Mahasamsthan, Bengaluru, Swami, who inaugurated the programme, said that the complete prohibition and strict implementation of laws can prevent addiction to alcohol and other intoxicated substances.Expressing a serious concern about youths getting addicted to drugs and other substances, Nishchalanand said that even villages are affected by the illeg