JAIPUR: The government has decided to set up a de-addiction centre at the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Ajmer Dr Charan Singh of the medical college informed the high court on Thursday. The High court on January 21 this year had directed the government to come out with solution to address the issue of drug addiction rampant in Ajmer and Puskhar.He informed the court that a separate juvenile de addiction centre is proposed to be set up in Ajmer and budget provision would be made in the upcoming state budget. Another separate fund on the lines of Punjab is also proposed to be allocated and social justice department has been made the nodal department, he court was informed. The home department has also been directed to clamp down on the drug peddlers. Ajmer stands second in the country among cities with most drug addicted children after Goa but there is no de-addiction centre there. The addicted children have no place to go for treatment, the high court was informed by the state police in a reply earlier. An Ajmer police report filed in the court had said Goa stands first in the number of drug addicted children followed by Ajmer and the third position goes to Kullu in Himachal Pradesh.

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