HT Correspondent
TEZPUR, Dec 11: A district-level coordination meeting on the Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) 2025–26 was held on Thursday at Conference Hall-I of the Office of the District Commissioner, Sonitpur under the chairmanship of District Commissioner Ananda Kumar Das. The purpose of the meeting was to review preparedness and finalise arrangements for the implementation of the Leprosy Case Detection Campaign in the district.
As per the district micro plan presented during the meeting, the LCDC 2025–26 will cover an estimated population of 13,16,200 as on March 2025 across 2,49,896 households in Sonitpur district. Around 1,118 search teams and 215 supervisors will be engaged for this exercise. The campaign will be conducted in three phases. The first phase from 15 December to 28 December 2025 will cover the Dhekiajuli BPHC and Rangapara PHC areas. The second phase from 5 January to 18 January 2026 will cover the Bihaguri BPHC and North Jamuguri BPHC areas. The third phase from 16 February to 1 March 2026 will cover Tezpur Urban and Balipara BPHC.
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. The meeting was attended by Co-District Commissioner of Dhekiajuli Dyotiva Bora, Joint Director of Health Services Dr Biman Sharma, District Leprosy Officer Dr Achyut Hazarika, officials of NHM, Assam, SDMOs, DPMUs, BPMUs and representatives of stakeholder line departments.
