<span style="color: #222222;">India has joined a global movement to illuminate 100 landmarks across the world to raise awareness on Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs. Observing the third World Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTD Day on Sunday, as a key moment to highlight the global community's commitment to ending NTDs, India joined close to 40 other nations to illuminate the iconic New Delhi Railway Station in purple and orange hues.<br />''<br />'' It is one of the busiest railway stations in the country in terms of train frequency and passenger movement. At the virtual event organized by National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control, NCVBDC to observe World NTD Day, Dr. Harmeet Singh Grewal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry highlighted that the aim of illuminating the iconic Railway Station was to generate awareness about NTDs in the visiting public and showcase progress and achievements towards their elimination. He also emphasized on creating a people's movement to eliminate the NTDs. In Jharkhand, Gujarat and Karnataka too, iconic landmarks and monuments were illuminated as part of their commitment to eliminate NTDs.</span><br />