Cases of road traffic accidents, violent brawls & food poisoning increase during the festival of colours
Sunday, 24 March 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
In view of the festival of Holi on Monday, the 108 emergency ambulance service has kept its fleet in a State of high alert. The service has cancelled the leaves of its staff and has also made arrangements for deployment of security personnel with every ambulance.
Additional mobile teams have been pressed into service for Holi in all the districts. These teams would remain active from 6 AM to 8 PM on Holi and would keep an eye on the alertness of the employees. The general manager (Projects) Anil Sharma chaired a meeting at the headquarters of the service and took stock of the preparations on Saturday. He said that a technical preparation has been made to ensure that the ambulances don’t get stuck in traffic on the occasion of Holi.
In Dehradun, the ambulances would be kept ready at all the major locations such as Survey Chowk, Clock Tower, Jakhan, Raipur, Ballupur Chowk, Premnagar, Race Course and Vidhan Sabha.
Sharma informed that the ambulance service receives more accident related calls during Holi.The GM further said that in view of the expected increase in the number of calls, additional technical staff would be deployed in the central call centre of the service during Holi.
During Holi the emergencies like road traffic accidents, violent brawls and food poisoning on account of intoxication are received by the ambulance service. The experience suggests that maximum numbers of emergencies are received from Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital district on the day. The service received 206 calls related to traffic accidents between March 7 to 9 last year during Holi .
