Free specs for senior citizens above 65--
The CM's announcement came a week after the state government decided to constitute a citizen council to take care of senior citizens.
Addressing a gathering of elderly persons at the Dehradun Municipal Corporation hall, Rawat said that glasses would be provided to approximately 15,000 senior citizens above 65 years across the state within a week.
He added, "Ophthalmologists will be deputed in the camps to provide spectacles to senior citizens after conducting their eye tests."
The CM also asked DMs to ascertain the number of people eligible for the scheme. "Once the exact number of elderly persons to be given glasses is fixed, we will organize district-wise camps in the state," said a senior official in the state health and family welfare department.
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