Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, Oct 12: While the road
accidents continue to kill people across the state, the Quick Rescue Teams
(QRTs) seems to be functioning on the papers and official files only.
Source said that yet these teams
have not been provided with necessary equipment, required at the time of rescue
operations, virtually making them handicapped. The fully equipped Quick Rescue
Teams (QRTs), to be deployed with ambulances for immediate rescue operations in
times of road accidents on highways in the state, has been stuck with the
finance department from last some years.
Sources further said that though
some teams were constituted under the chairmanship of deputy commissioners and
deployed on accident prone areas along the highways in the mountainous Doda,
Kishtwar and Ramban districts, yet these teams have not been provided with
necessary equipments, required at the time of rescue operations, virtually
making them handicapped.”
On February 2009, Chief Minister
Omar Abdullah had also suggested creation of a corpus to provide insurance
cover to passengers travelling in commercial vehicles in the state so that in
eventualities the families of the victims were paid relief from the corpus
fund” he added.
“Which ambulances deployed the
ambulances need longer ropes and other equipments to retrieve injured persons
and vehicles from deep gorges and the mighty Chenab flowing through these
districts but we were not provided the same. It creates several problems in
rescue operations and we fail sometimes to save precious human lives”, said a
officer.
When contacted Director Health
Services, Jammu Dr Madhu Khullar said in QRT project no such equipment and team
were required as the department has deputed some of the ambulances in service
on the concern district hospitals and peripheral areas.
Dr Khullar further said that the
person has to dial 102 to call for the ambulance service.
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