As a part of the national programme of De-worming, in total 1,35,350 kids and youths between the age group of 1 to 19 years will be medicated with De-worming pills in the northern Tripura district of Dhalai, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Saradindu Riang informed.

The CMO Dr. Saradindu Riang has informed, "An extensive drive will be run in all the eight blocks in the district in which 1,35,350 people will be taken under coverage. Three colleges, 835 government schools, 48 private schools and anganwadi centres will be the booths for providing medicines. The district level programme will start on August 9 in the bordering subdivision of Kamalpur". In the last year, the De-worming drive has attained 95.48 per cent success and this year the government is keen to attain hundred percent success.