Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be formally launching the second phase of Kanti Velugu initiative, Eye Screening programme in Khammam district on 18th Jan 2023.
The Programme is considered to be the world’s largest eye screening programme.
Three Chief Ministers from other States, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Singh Mann and Delhi Counterpart Arvind Kejriwal will also be taking part in the programme.
The three Chief Ministers and Uttar Pradesh's former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav reached Hyderabad last evening.
Under the Kanti Velugu,
free eye screening will be held at the special health camps for
100 days with
1500 medical teams.
The first phase of
Kanti Velugu was conducted for eight months by
827 health teams. The health camps will commence on 19th January 2023 in the rest of the state...
Source : AIR