Overview
- Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann unveiled the second phase at Lovely Professional University on January 7–8.
- About 1.5 lakh “Pinda de Pehredaar” in Village Defence Committees are being mobilised across nearly 13,000 villages to report local trafficking and support rehabilitation.
- A dedicated app enables confidential tip-offs that are tracked from the Chief Minister’s Office, and a missed-call line — 9899-100002 — is open for volunteer sign-ups.
- Statewide padyatras will run January 10–30 to recruit and organise communities, with a mass volunteer gathering scheduled for February 13.
- Officials cite Phase I outcomes of roughly 29,980 NDPS FIRs, about 42,000 arrests, 358 major traffickers held and an 88% conviction rate, and leaders say a campaign targeting gangsters will follow; the state also reports neutralising 252 cross-border drones.