Himachal targets to be ‘Tuberculosis free’ by 2025
Secretary Health M.Sudha Devi while presiding over a review meeting of National Health Mission for eradication of Tuberculosis under the National Tuberculosis Eradication Program, appealed all the departments, particularly the Panchayati raj department to train and motivate Panchayati Raj representatives to make people aware about Tuberculosis (TB) in their areas and to adopt TB patients as ‘Nikshay Mitra’ and provide them nutritional support in making Himachal Pradesh TB free by 2025.
Apart from this, Sudha Devi appreciated the steps and activities being undertaken for eradication of TB and honoured the departments for the awareness and publicity programmes in this direction.
She said that various NGOs, the people and the Panchayati Raj Institutions should join hands for assisting the initiatives of the government in making Himachal Pradesh Tuberculosis free.
CM Flags off River Rafting Championship:
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated the Asian River Rafting Championship, being organized from 4th March to 9th March, 2024 on River Sutlej, near Basantpur, (Sunni) from the Ridge Shimla.
As many as 20 National and International teams from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Iran Iraq, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Indonesia are participating in this championship.
