The fleet of the ambulances of the GVK EMRI Emergency Ambulance Service had a hectic day on Friday, when the Holi festival was celebrated, as the number of calls doubled compared to those received on normal days.
The State head of the emergency ambulance service Manish Tinku said that a total of 858 calls were received by the service on the day of Holi. Dehradun district with 282 distress calls topped the list.
He said that 422 calls were related to medical emergency, 139 to police out of which 77 incidents were of road accidents.
Dehradun district had a total of 29 road accidents while 15 accidents each were reported from Nainital and Haridwar districts. Tinku claimed that the emergency service had taken all measures to meet exigency on the day.