| National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) has set a 10-minute deadline for ambulances deployed on national highways to reach any accident site within a 10-km vicinity, to cut delays in emergency response. Failure to meet the timeline could attract a penalty of Rs 10,000 per incident.
NHAI, in its policy guidelines, further said that ambulances should bring accident victims to the nearest hospital within 1 hour from the time of ticket acceptance. Failure to meet the timeline will attract a penalty of Rs 10,000.
The delay in response time in case of accidents has been noted by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety, as well as in the performance audit by CAG.
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