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Telangana: Over 1.34 crore people tested under Kanti Velugu scheme so far

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Hyderabad: Telangana government announced that over 1.34 crore people underwent eye examinations under the Kanti Velugu scheme so far.
As many as 19,95,659 visually impaired people including 63,18,637 males, 71,20,703 females and 7,042 transgenders were provided with free spectacles and medicines.
Additionally, 98,77,475 people were diagnosed without any eye problems covering 85% of eye examinations.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao reviews the progress of the program on a daily basis and takes note of how many people have been tested and reading glasses distributed, while the medical officials at camps ensure that reading glasses are delivered immediately after completion of screening and prescription glasses within four weeks, a press note stated.
The scheme will go on till June 15.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 6, 2023
Telangana: Over 1.17 crore tested under Phase 2 of Kanti Velugu

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Hyderabad: Telangana government announced that over one crore 17 lakh people underwent eye examinations under Phase 2 of the Kanti Velugu scheme in 59 working days.
Finance and health minister T Harish Rao expressed his delight at the success of the program and commended the administrative and medical staff along with the public representatives for their hard work and dedication towards the program’s success, said a press release on Sunday.
Harish Rao directed the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) to ensure that Kanti Velugu is accessible to everyone who needs it. The remaining districts have been instructed to complete their targets within the next 41 working days.

The minister also ordered an increase in the number of special camps organised by courts, jails, police, press, and RTC for the distribution of glasses.
So far almost 15 lakh 86 thousand people have received reading glasses while another 9.95 lakh people have received prescription glasses post the eye examinations.
Out of the 1.17 crore people examined, 85 lakhs and 50 thousand people, 72 percent of the total, were found to have no vision-related issues.
CPR training has been provided to 73,370 health personnel, police, municipal, panchayat, and other personnel in the state. Mall owners, market complex associations, trade associations, and college students will also receive CPR training in various district centres.
The second phase of the welfare scheme that began on January 18 in Khammam district is on pace to check 1.5 crore people at 16,533 different locations in 100 working days. The state government hopes to finish Kanti Velugu Phase 2 by June 15.

As a part of the scheme, 1500 medical teams with ophthalmologists will visit all the districts for 100 days, conducting eye screening and vision tests as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
The Kanti Velugu camps are organised at gram panchayat and municipal ward centres. Medical camps conduct eye examinations every week from Monday to Friday starting at 9 am until 4 pm. Special eye camps are also organised for government employees, press reporters and police personnel at their respective offices.
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April 23, 2023
Telangana: Nearly 1 crore 9 lakh tested under Kanti Velugu

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Hyderabad: Telangana government announced that over one crore 8 lakh people underwent eye examinations under Phase 2 of the Kanti Velugu scheme
In a statement released it said, “As of Saturday, 1,08,99,470 people from across Telangana got their eyes examined. About 17 lakh 20 thousand 200 have received free spectacles post the eye examination.”
The specialists identified that another 13,11,858 people are required to have prescription glasses. Out of the 96 lakh people examined, 78,67,170 had no vision-related issues.

Under the scheme, 7599 gram panchayats have been covered across the state and 2499 Municipal Corporations wards in Telangana have been covered.
The second phase of the welfare scheme that began on January 18 in Khammam district is on pace to check 1.5 crore people at 16,533 different locations in 100 working days. The state government hopes to finish Kanti Velugu Phase 2 by June 15.
As a part of the scheme, 1500 medical teams with ophthalmologists will visit all the districts for 100 days, conducting eye screening and vision tests as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
The Kanti Velugu camps are organised at gram panchayat and municipal ward centres. Medical camps conduct eye examinations every week from Monday to Friday starting at 9 am until 4 pm. Special eye camps are also organised for government employees, press reporters and police personnel at their respective offices.

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April 15, 2023
Impressed by Telangana’s Kanti Velugu, will replicate it in Delhi: Kejriwal

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Hyderabad: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal emphasised the need for states to learn from one another and progress together. He remarked that politics should be pushed aside in order to achieve a better government.
At a press conference in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday, Kejriwal remembered his trip to Telangana in response to an invitation from chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to observe the execution of the ‘Kanti Velugu’ programme in the state.
“We recently travelled to Telangana, where around four crore people in the state were examined for eye disorders at no cost. Everyone who requires surgery, drugs, or spectacles receives them for free,” he stated.
This is not the first time that the Delhi chief minister expressed his thoughts on the mass eye check-up programme of the Telangana government.
The initiative impressed the Delhi chief minister, who declared intentions to replicate it in the national capital as well. He stated that the Kanti Velugu programme would benefit the poor in all states, so he decided to implement it in both Delhi and Punjab.
He stated that Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann was similarly pleased by the Telangana government’s irrigation achievements and hence returned to the state to examine them.
Kejriwal was speaking to the media about the ‘Progressive Chief Ministers Group,’ or ‘G-8,’ which he suggested. He had sent letters inviting the chief ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, and Punjab.
He went on to say that the platform was intended for chief ministers to travel to other states and learn from one another. “It is a governance platform, not an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. We’ll travel to different states and learn what we can from each other,” he stated.

A dinner meeting was scheduled on March 18. However, it did not take place owing to previous engagements by all of the chief ministers, Kejriwal said.
He stated that the meeting was still being arranged and that an update will be made once a definite date had been determined. He asserted that the gathering was a work-in-progress and was likely to take place after mid-April.
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March 22, 2023
Telangana: Over 80 lakh eye checkups done under Kanti Velugu-2 in two months

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Hyderabad: Telangana government announced that more than 80 lakh people underwent eye examinations so far under Phase 2 of the Kanti Velugu scheme.
In a statement released it said, “As of Saturday, 80,67,243 people from across Telangana got their eyes examined. About 13,70,296 received free spectacles post the eye examination.”
The specialists identified that another 9,96,915 people are required to have prescription glasses. Out of the 80 lakh people examined, 56,99,862 had no vision-related issues.
The statement stated that 5,334 gram panchayats have been covered across the state. “On Friday alone, about 1,99,986 people availed the eye test services, and 22,631 reading glasses were distributed,” the statement read.
The second phase of the welfare scheme that began on January 18 in Khammam district is on pace to check 1.5 crore people at 16,533 different locations in 100 working days. The state government hopes to finish Kanti Velugu-II by June 15.
As a part of the scheme, 1,500 medical teams with ophthalmologists will visit all the districts for 100 days, conducting eye screening and vision tests as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
The Kanti Velugu camps are organised at gram panchayat and municipal ward centers. Medical camps conduct eye examinations every week from Monday to Friday starting at 9 am until 4 pm. Special eye camps are also organised for government employees, press reporters and police personnel at their respective offices.

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March 18, 2023
Telangana: Over 70 lakh eye checkups done under Kanti Velugu-2 in 52 days

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Hyderabad: Telangana Government on Saturday announced that more than 70 lakh people underwent eye examinations in the state in 52 days since the inception of Phase 2 of the Kanti Velugu scheme.
On Friday alone, about 2,05,943 people availed of the eye test services across the Kanti Velugu camps in the state, and 26,000 free spectacles were distributed.
The second phase of the Kanti Velugu programme, which was started on January 18 in Khammam by chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, is on pace to check 1.5 crore people at 16,533 different locations in 100 working days.
Telangana’s government hopes to finish Kanti Velugu-II, the world’s largest free eye screening project, by June 15.
As of Saturday, 70,02,290 from across Telangana got their eyes examined. About 12,29,098 received the free spectacles distributed by the state government post the eye examination.
As all the facilities required for the camp have been arranged by District officials, no complaints have been registered from any camp, said a press release.
As a part of the scheme, 1500 medical teams with ophthalmologists visit all the districts for 100 days, conducting eye screening and vision tests as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
The Kanti Velugu camps are organised at gram panchayat and municipal ward centres across the state. Medical camps conduct eye examinations every week from Monday to Friday starting at 9AM until 4PM.

Eye examinations are done with the help of special software in medical camps, post which reading glasses are given to the people that require them, on the spot.
Special eye camps are also organised for government employees at their respective offices, for press reporters at their respective press clubs and for police battalion personnel at their respective offices.
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March 11, 2023
Telangana: Kanti Velugu scheme records over 43 lakh eye tests

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Hyderabad: Telangana Government on Saturday announced that it has completed testing over 43 lakh individuals in the state through the Kanti Velugu scheme, since its inception.
About 8.42 lakh people have received free prescription glasses as the scheme’s second phase touches the one-month mark on February 18.
As a part of the scheme, 1500 medical teams with ophthalmologists visit all the districts for 100 days, conducting eye screening and vision tests as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao launched phase 2 of ‘Kanti Velugu’ scheme on January 19 intended to deal with ‘avoidable blindness in the state’.
According to the data reported by the ‘Kanti Velugu’ officials, the majority of people in the state are suffering from Nearsightedness.
Nearsightedness is a common ailment where objects that are farther away, appear blurry.
People aged 40 and above have more commonly complained of nearsightedness and were given prescription glasses. Besides these vitamin A, D, and B complex tablets were also distributed in the camps.

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February 18, 2023
Telangana chief secretary reviews Kanti Velugu, other programmes

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Hyderabad: Telangana chief secretary Santhi Kumari held a video conference with district collectors on Thursday and reviewed Kanti Velugu, podu lands, Haritha Haaram and other government programmes.
Referring to the Telangana government’s flagship Kanti Velugu programme (eyesight testing), the chief secretary stated that the programme will continue till May end. Kumari said that care should be taken while handing over prescription spectacles to the beneficiaries.
Santhi Kumari also discussed about the drinking water supply in the state and directed officials to ensure that tents should be arranged at the camps in view of summer.
On the issue of Podu lands, the chief secretary asked government officials to keep passbooks ready for Podu beneficiaries who have been approved by the district level committee. She told district collectors to prepare action plan for the year’s Haritha Haram programme.
The chief secretary also instructed officials to initiate the process of registrations of houses of the beneficiaries who have been selected as per the GO no 58, 59, 76 and 118. She said that all the government offices should be shifted to the integrated District Office Complexes.
During the meeting, special chief secretary (MA&UD) Arvind Kumar, principal secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania, principal secretary (revenue) Navin Mittal and other officials were present ( video conference).
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February 16, 2023
Telangana: Over 3 lakh people screened under Kanti Velugu program

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Hyderabad: From its start in January 2023, the Telangana government’ flagship program Kanti Velugu, has aided in the eye-screening of as many as 3,71,458 people.
Of those screened, 1,66,274 males and 2,03,140 females. Further, reading glasses have been distributed to 1,28,995 people free of cost till now.
Prescription glasses were distributed to 61,930 people. 1,80,431 people were found to have no eye diseases. Eye screening was conducted for 19,701 people on Friday and reading glasses were distributed to 5,153 people.
Prescription glasses will also be provided to 2,516 people soon.
The state government took up universal eye screening by covering the entire population of the state under the name “Kanti Velugu”. The programme was launched on January 18, 2023 and aims to conduct eye screening and vision test for all citizens of the state as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
Kanti Velugu also aims to educate people on prevention of serious disabling eye diseases.
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February 10, 2023
Telangana: Over 33L people screened under Kanti Velugu program

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Hyderabad: From its start in January 2023, the Telangana government’ flagship program Kanti Velugu, has aided in the eye-screening of as many as 33,60,301 people.
Reading glasses have been distributed to 6,76, 372 people free of cost till now.
Prescription glasses were distributed to 6,76, 732 people in the state of which 22,22,669 people were found to have no eye diseases.
Eye screening was conducted for 19,701 people on Friday and reading glasses were distributed to 5,153 people.
The state government took up universal eye screening by covering the entire population of the state under the name “Kanti Velugu”. The programme was launched on January 18, 2023 and aims to conduct eye screening and vision test for all citizens of the state as well as providing spectacles free of cost and providing medicines for common eye ailments.
Kanti Velugu also aims to educate people on prevention of serious disabling eye diseases.
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February 10, 2023