PM Modi :Alcohol will ruin our youth, society in next 25 years

New Delhi Oct 6: PM Modi has expressed his concern about growing Alcoholism in the youth and has said that"society will be ruined in the next 25 years if the menace was not checked".

He made the above remarks while addressing Umiya Sansthan, a socio-religious organization, in Haridwar through video conference on the inauguration of Ma Umiya Dham Ashram.

PM has Praised the Sansthan for according priority to social causes and the key role it had played in stopping female foeticide and providing succor to quake-hit people in Gujarat.

Prime Minister Modi has urged the Sansthan to save the younger generation from falling victim to alcoholism besides inspiring devotees to keep the environment clean.

"I am sharing this concern with you as someone who has grown among your midst and not as the Prime Minister. Don’t you hear news about the younger generation especially our boys falling victim to alcoholism and things our ancestors hated? If we let this tendency grow in 20-25 years our society will be ruined."

"Considering your contribution to social causes in the past I shall appeal to you to stop the younger generation from going astray," the Prime Minister said.