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India has been able to eradicate polio: PM

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IANS New Delhi

India has been able to eradicate polio which used to cause disability to lakhs of people, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday.

"No case of polio has been detected in the country in the last two years. We have been able to eradicate a disease which used to cause disability to lakhs of people," Manmohan Singh said in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

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First Published: Aug 15 2013 | 8:20 AM IST

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