A fivefold increase was witnessed in the accident related calls made to the 108 emergency ambulance service on the Holi festival. On a normal day, 15 to 20 accident related calls are received by the ambulance service but on the day of Holi, 71 calls of accidents on the roads of the state were received by the service. The general manager (GM) projects of the 108 ambulance service, Anil Sharma said that a total of 803 calls were received on the day of Holi and the service helped 624 people on the day. In Nainital district, one woman delivered baby in the ambulance. Giving details, Sharma said that 129 calls related with pregnancy, 71 calls related with accident, eight related with heart and 183 calls for other health issues were received on the day. He added that apart from them 232 calls related with the police were received by the emergency ambulance service that were transferred to the police control room.Sharma claimed that emergency service had taken all precautionary measures to meet any exigency on the day. In Dhari block of Nainital district, the health workers deployed in an ambulance ensured safe delivery of a baby in the ambulance. After the delivery, they admitted the new born and mother in the primary health centre (PHC), Dhari. In Dehradun district, the emergency service received 362 calls out of which 48 cases were related with pregnancy, 38 for road accidents, five were heart related while 78 were others. The service transferred 110 calls to the police control room.