DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has called upon the youth to stay away from drug abuse and work for the betterment of society by channelizing their energy into a positive direction and doing constructive works so that they can contribute significantly to nation-building. The Chief Minister said this while interacting directly with the youth of the state during the BJP Yuva Samvad programme held through video conferencing today. Thousands of youth participated in this dialogue programme. During the interaction, the participants said that they were extremely happy and proud to interact with the Chief Minister. They said that Manohar Lal is the only Chief Minister who, by directly interacting with the public, takes suggestions from them, before framing various public welfare policies, hence making the general public an important part of the State Government functioning. During the programme, the youth also thanked the Chief Minister for resolving the water availablity problem in Ellenabad as well as ensuring that the water reached the tail end One of the youths said that in villages that were near the Rajasthan border, the water did not reach the tail, but due to the efforts of the state government under the leadership of the Chief Minister, now water was reaching the tail ends and for this people associated with the agriculture sector too express their gratitude towards the Chief Minister. In an emotional moment another youth shared that he was from a poor family and had never dreamt that he would ever get a government job, but today he has got a government job due to the transparent and corruption-free recruitment system adopted by the State Government as per the directions of Chief Minister Manohar Lal. For this, he also thanked the Chief Minister. (editor@dailyworld.in)