(a) whether the Government have any plan to set-up medical aid relief centres for the people who meet with accidents on National Highways;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the National Highways Authority of India has set up such medical aid relief centres on National Highways; and
(d) if so, the details thereof ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (MAJ. GENERAL (RETD.) B.C. KHANDURI)
(a)&(b):Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has no proposal to set up medical aid relief center. However under a scheme named National Highway Accident Relief Service Scheme ambulances and cranes are provided to the State Governments and NGOs to take the accident victims to the nearest hospital and to evacuate the damaged vehicles from the road accidents site on the National Highways.
(c)&(d):Medical aid relief centers are not being set up by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). However as a pilot project, one ambulance has been provided on Kotputli Amer section of NH- 8 by NHAI.