Bedi wants police to ensure alcoholics undergo rehabilitation

Bedi covered a distance of nearly 12 km on her bicycle to visit the Bharatha Madha drug de-addiction centre at Manavely in Ariyankuppam on Sunday. 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 asked police officers in rural and semi urban areas to hold a survey in their respective areas and identify the alcoholics and help them approach the various de-addiction centres across the Union Territory. The release further said the Lt Governor had invited the chairperson of the Trust running the Bharatha Madha Drug De-addiction centre, Gopal Pillai to a meeting at Raj Nivas. It is said that Bedi intended to share, with the head of the NGO, her 16-year-experience in successfully running a de-addiction centre in New Delhi. She had done so with the help of the NGOs Navjyoti and Indian Vision Foundation. 

The NGOs had largely contributed to the society and their works had not only attracted attention from the society but had also won them 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 of the society,” the release added.