Staff Reporter
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said that mass awareness and public participation are key to success in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and drug addiction. Mr. Birla said this while inaugurating a friendly cricket match among Members of Parliament, across political parties, for raising awareness about the TB Mukt Bharat and Nasha Mukt Bharat campaigns at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi today.
Mr. Birla urged the MPs to make the campaigns a Jan-Andolan and develop the spirit of healthy competition among themselves to make India free from TB disease by 2025. Lok Sabha speaker underlined that tuberculosis is a disease that presents significant challenges and difficulties to the people, particularly the poor. He emphasised the need for a national resolve to overcome these challenges.