PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun

A total of 272 ambulances of the 108 emergency ambulance service will be deployed across the State to handle any emergency situation during the Deepawali celebrations. General manager (Projects) Anil Sharma held a meeting with the officials of the service and reviewed preparations made to deal with any emergency during the festivities. Instructions were issued to keep all the 272 ambulances deployed across the State on high alert and the employees have been asked to be ready to deal with any emergency. He said that technical preparations have been made on a large scale to ensure that ambulances deployed at sensitive places do not get stuck in traffic jams so that the central call centre in Dehradun can get prior information about the situation like jams

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