Haryana has launched Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) Plus programme for multi drug resistant TB patients to effectively treat those suffering from Tuberculosis,. In the first phase of this programme, seven districts – Rohtak, Panipat, Sonepat, Jind, Karnal, Jhajjar and Bhiwani – have been covered and the programme will be extended to all the districts of Haryana in a phased manner. Stating this in a message issued on the eve of World TB Day, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed his concern that about one to three per cent new TB cases and 12 per cent cases of re-treatment become multi drug resistant due to incomplete and inadequate TB treatment. Provision has been made for free investigations and ancillary drugs for multi-drug resistant T.B. cases at district level. He said that as many as 101 multi-drug resistant TB cases have been put on treatment free of cost in seven districts.