The narrow lanes of Muradpur, one of Tarn Taran city’s underprivileged localities, tell a bleak story of shattered families and fading hope. Locals say the scourge of drug addiction has claimed more than 100 young lives in the past two years, turning this neighbourhood into a grim reminder of Punjab’s ongoing drug crisis.

Sohan Singh, a local flour mill owner and long-time political worker, has recently joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), along with former Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) MLA Harmeet Singh Sandhu.

Sandhu is now contesting the Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll on an AAP ticket, and Sohan Singh has been looking after his campaign in Muradpur. In the Khuvi Vehra area of Muradpur, Sohan Singh has promised to resolve the issue of the clogged sewage system.

“There was an old well here wh

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