Describing TB Free India Summit-2019 as an encouraging step, Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal on Saturday urged the people to collectively play an active role in making India TB Free by 2025.

Speaking at the inaugural function of India vs TB Cricket Competition organized during the two-day TB Free India Summit-2019 in New Delhi, the Chief Minister said that under National TB Control Program, the guidelines as given in National TB Elimination Scheme 2017-2025 have to be complied with.

The Summit is being organised by Member of Parliament, Anurag Thakur.

Manohar Lal said that more than two lakh suspected cases are medically examined in the hospitals of Haryana every year, of which after diagnosis about 45,000 TB patients are given medicines, out of which about 86 per cent patients get healthy.

Apart from this, 119 TB Units, 266 Microscopic Centers have been opened under the Programme.

Free of cost, Dots plus programme is being run for multi-drug resistant TB patients in the state. CB knot machine is being provided in all the districts. Nine medical colleges of the state have been included in the revised National Tuberculosis Control Program, he added.

The chief minister said that in the direction of realizing the resolution of New India of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we also have to make Healthy India. In this direction, Ayushman Bharat scheme is going to be very effective. The Chief Minister inaugurated the cricket match between Punjab CM XI and Haryana CM XI cricket teams. In which, Punjab CM XI defeated  Haryana CM XI in the match.

Anurag Thakur said that he was moving towards achieving the resolve of 'TB Harega, Desh Jitega’.

Haryana CM XI cricket team included Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Karan Dev Kamboj, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment,  Krishan Kumar Bedi, MLAs Gian Chand Gupta, Pawan Saini, Naresh Kaushik, Rajdeep Phogat,  Sukhbir Mandi and Naseem Ahmed.