Hyderabad, Nov 29 : The second phase of the prestigious ‘Kanti Velugu’ programme , an eye screening scheme to achieve ‘ avoidable blindness free’ state, will be launched on January 18 across Telangana state.
The second phase will cover 1.5 crore individuals and distribute 55 lakh spectacles among needy patients during the eye screening to be held over a period of 100-days, at a cost of Rs 200 crores, state Health Minister T.Sharish Rao said here on Tuesday.The government has already released the amount for the smooth conduct of the second-phase of the unique eye screening programme, the Minister said.Kanti Velugu is the brainchild of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and it’s the health department’s responsibility to implement the prestigious scheme efficiently.
Out of the 55 lakh eyeglasses that will be distributed for free of cost during eye screening , a total of 30 lakh will be reading glasses while the rest of the 25 lakh will be prescription glasses, which will be meant specifically to correct vision problems and for full-time use..The State health department will engage 1500 medical teams for the programme.
