2nd Phase of the Telangana Kanti Velugu program launched
Khammam/Hyderabad, Jan 18 (Maxim News): Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao has inaugurated the second phase of Kanti Velugu, claimed to be the world’s largest eye screening program at the newly inaugurated Integrated District Collectorate Complex at Khammam today. Mass eye screening camps will be conducted in all gram panchayats and municipal wards across the state from Thursday.
KCR along with his counterparts, Pinarayi Vijayan from Kerala, Arvid Kejriwal from Delhi and Bhagwant Singh Mann from Punjab, Chief of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav, and CPI National General Secretary D.Raja and other leaders formally launched the program.
The officials explained to the VVIPs about the program which will benefit about 1.5 crore people. In the presence of these leaders, eye screening tests were conducted on six persons at the stalls organized at the venue. The VVIPs handed over spectacles to each of these beneficiaries. a coffee table book on Kanti Velugu was also released on the occasion.
The second phase of Kanti Velugu will be conducted for 100 working days with 1,500 medical teams. around 1.5 crore people are to be screened and 55 lakh spectacles and medicines will be distributed to them. The Kanti Velugu camps will be held between 9 am to 4 pm for five days a week.
Earlier, the Chief Ministers and other leaders participated in the inauguration of the newly constructed Integrated District Collectorate Complex of Khammam district near Venkatayapalem village. On this occasion, KCR explained to his counterparts the objective of the Integrated Collectorate Complex and how it brings district administration closer to the people. (Maxim News)
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