Chandrababu Naidu says Andhra Pradesh working to ensure complete health protection

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the government was working to ensure complete health protection for all, highlighting the Sanjeevani programme, drone-based blood sample transport and a Rs 250-crore mission to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in tribal regions

Alluri Sitaramaraju (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said his government was working towards providing complete health protection to everyone in the state.

Addressing a press conference at Gannelli village here, Naidu said people living in hilly regions should not have to travel long distances for healthcare, adding that Sanjeevani, a health record digitisation programme, was a step in this direction.

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“We are transforming the system in the state to ensure that everybody gets complete health protection,” he said.

According to the Chief Minister, the Sanjeevani programme will be a gamechanger for the state as well as the country.

He said the government had initiated steps to transport blood samples by drones from tribal areas to larger hospitals.

To extend better healthcare services to tribal regions, the Chief Minister said the government was launching a Rs 250-crore ‘Tribal Health Infrastructure Completion Mission’.

He said the government had laid roads covering 900 km in tribal areas at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore.

Likewise, he said tap water had been provided to 1.6 lakh households and promised to install rooftop solar power units.

To enhance incomes in tribal areas, the Chief Minister said the government had encouraged the cultivation of Araku Coffee on another one lakh acres.

According to the TDP supremo, tourist inflow to the Araku region had increased, and he observed that expanding homestay services would generate income for tribal households.

Naidu promised to skill tribal youth to secure jobs in industries coming up in Alluri Sitaramaraju district.

The Chief Minister also assured that one lakh youth would be trained over the next three years.

Naidu appreciated tribal people for being ahead in population management, while underscoring that children are an asset.

Further, the Chief Minister promised to bring Godavari River water through the Polavaram Left Canal to Anakaon on September 2.

Lashing out at the previous YSRCP government, he said it had “destroyed” the state and its systems.

He alleged that thousands of people had lost their lives due to spurious liquor during the previous government’s tenure and accused it of irregularities in the 2018 Group-I examination.