The most ambitious Kanti Velugu medical camps successfully continued across the state.
More than one crore 54 lakh 58 thousand 982 people underwent eye tests by till date. 21 lakh 85 thousand 945 people have been given reading glasses in Kanti Velugu program. The Kanti Velugu program started with the slogan of ;Blindness free state of Telangana goal is successfully continuing across the state. 11 thousand 862 Gram Panchayat Wards and 3495 Municipal Wards have completed eye tests.
On August 15, 2018, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao started the first phase of Kanti Velugu program in Malkapur of Medak district to correct vision defects.
The program lasted for 8 months. Free eye examinations were conducted for one crore 50 lakh people. Spectacles have been distributed to 50 lakh people. In the same spirit, the Chief Minister started the second phase of Kanti Velugu program in Khammam on January 18 last.It is continuing successfully as per the planned objective. In 84 working days 92.75 percent of people got eye tests in the state.
The government has decided to complete the eye tests for all in the state within the target of 100 working days. Special Care is being taken during eye care without interrupting other medical services. All public representatives including medical department, panchayat raj, municipal and other departments are participating in it. For monitoring, the government has formed quality control teams at the state level and district level and is monitoring.
Medical officials expressed the opinion that if the eye tests program continues in this way, there is a possibility of conducting eye tests for 2 crore people. They stated that the Telangana government is proud to organize the Kanti Velugu program which has not been undertaken by any state in the country so far.
