In view of the past experiences, the GVK EMRI 108 ambulance service of the state is gearing itself to meet emergencies during the Diwali day.
The state head of 108 service Manish Tinku said that it is observed that the number of accidents increase on the day of Diwali. He informed that the statistics reveal that maximum number of emergency calls is received from 6 PM to 9 PM on the day of Diwali. The head of emergency service said that in view of the past experiences it is expected that the large number of emergencies calls would be received during this Diwali too and keeping that in mind the service has asked the employees working in call centre and those manning ambulances to refrain from taking leaves.
The data reveals that the ambulance service catered 425 calls on the Diwali day in 2013 while the number of cases on the day in the year 2014 was 501 and 497 calls were handled in the year 2015. However the emergency calls to the service decline in the year 2016 as only 380 calls were received on Diwali day.
Tinku said that ambulances are being asked to be on complete preparedness in the cities of Dehradun, Haridwar, Rudrapur (Udham Singh Nagar) and Haldwani. He informed that the ambulances would be stationed at Survey Chowk, Jakhan (Rajpur road), Prem Nagar Chowk, Suri Chowk (race course), Ring Road Chowk (ladpur), Rispana Bridge and ISBT in the state capital. The 108 head said that the 108 ambulance service is committed to serve the people of the state in best possible manner.