Harish Rao credits KCR’s initiatives for sharp fall in Infant Mortality Rate in Telangana

Telangana has recorded a significant drop in the Infant Mortality Rate from 41.2 in 2011-13 to 18 in 2021-23. BRS legislator T Harish Rao credits KCR’s welfare schemes, including KCR Kits, Nutrition Kits, and maternal-child health programmes, for the achievement

Hyderabad: Former Minister and BRS legislator T Harish Rao on Tuesday hailed Telangana’s success in reducing the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and attributed the achievement to welfare measures introduced under former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

Citing official data, Harish Rao noted that the State’s IMR fell from 41.2 in 2011-13 to 18 in 2021-23, marking a 52 per cent decline. “This is not magic, this is KCR’s vision in action,” he said. He highlighted flagship schemes such as KCR Kits, Nutrition Kits, Ammavodi vehicles, and maternal-child health programmes, which played a decisive role in saving thousands of lives.

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Taking aim at the Congress, he said the ruling party failed people with empty promises, while the BRS government delivered measurable results that the nation looks up to. “This is the true Telangana Model,” he asserted.