The state government gave the administrative approval for implementing the project at an estimated cost of Rs 368.80 crores in November 2015. Later the government had given the administrative approval for implementation of the additional components that became part of the project at a cost of Rs 795.94 crores in January, 2022.
The DMHO stated that the age relaxation for carrying out the vaccination was being extended to frontline health workers when they produce authorisation letters from heads of their department.
