JAMMU, Oct. 23 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has set a 10-day deadline for underperforming districts to improve implementation of the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, with directions to strengthen screening, speed up diagnosis and ensure timely support to patients.

Commissioner Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Saugat Biswas, issued the directions while chairing a review meeting on the programme's progress across the Union Territory. Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), J&K, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, presented a detailed assessment of implementation.

Expressing concern over poor performance in some districts, Biswas directed State and District Tuberculosis Officers to coordinate with Deputy Commissioners...