KTR Distributes 5,000 KCR Kits To Mothers

BRS working president K T Rama Rao today started the distribution of 5,000 KCR Kits to new mothers as part of his "Gift A Smile" initiative, ahead of his birthday on July 24.

The move symbolically revives the BRS government's flagship maternal welfare scheme.

Speaking at a special event held at Telangana Bhavan under the "Gift a Smile" initiative, KTR said that the KCR Kits scheme had significantly boosted institutional deliveries, and helped reduce maternal and infant mortality across Telangana, and alleged that the Congress government had deliberately shelved the program merely because it brought goodwill to former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

KTR personally distributed KCR Kits to mothers and newborns from Hyderabad, and said that he would distribute 5,000 KCR Kits in Sircilla as well.

He credited the KCR Kits not only with transforming public healthcare infrastructure but also with reducing maternal and infant deaths, and said that many mothers had been suffering due to the suspension of the scheme for the past 20 months. He called it shameful that the Revanth Reddy-led government discontinued the scheme - not due to a policy shift, but out of personal animosity and political malice toward KCR.