The Maharashtra government is all set to intensify its action against the sale and purchase of gutkha products and drug dealings in the state, with Yogesh Kadam, minister of state (MoS) for home, assuring stringent action. 

The MoS was responding to a query raised in the Legislative Assembly on Friday on the drug and gutka menace in the state. The Maharashtra government issued a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutkha on July 19, 2012. Speaking on the issue, senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar stated that despite gutkha being banned in the state, it is easily available.