Guwahati, Feb. 4 -- Indus Towers, a leading telecom infrastructure provider in India, has launched a comprehensive Cancer Care Program in Assam on Tuesday, in partnership with the Government of Assam and the Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF).

The initiative falls under Indus Towers' flagship CSR program, Pragati, and aims to combat the rising incidence of cancer in the state.

The program will be rolled out across nine districts: Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Lakhimpur, Charaideo, Dhemaji, Hailakandi, Udalguri, Sivasagar, and Baksa.

This intervention comes as Assam faces a higher cancer rate (114 per lakh population) compared to the national average (97 per lakh population), according to a 2021 ICMR report.

A concerning 70% of cases in Assam a...