Spl committee formed to combat CKD | Vijayawada News

Vijayawada: The NTR district administration has formed a special committee to oversee the management and prevention of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in A Kondur. The committee, comprising officials from multiple departments, will coordinate efforts to address the issue through scientific research, environmental assessments, and public awareness campaigns.
A coordination meeting was held at the Pingali Venkaiah meeting hall in the district collectorate on Saturday.

There, officials and medical experts discussed future strategies. Collector Dr G Lakshmisha, who chaired the meeting, emphasised the need for environmental testing to determine potential causes of CKD in the affected areas. He directed pollution control authorities to conduct tests within 20 days to detect uranium, cadmium, and arsenic levels in the air.
The agriculture department was instructed to analyse soil samples for nephrotoxic metals, while rural water supply department was tasked with testing water sources within residential areas, supplementing earlier assessments by ICMR and ANTRU laboratories. Officials were directed to launch extensive awareness programmes, reaching 15 tandas with 3,600 houses and expanding to non-tanda areas.