New use for old police vehicles Itanagar, Nov 17

The Arunachal Pradesh Police would now be seen in a new avatar, carrying medicines in some of its vehicles for the aid of patients of this hilly State situated in a highly seismic zone and with poor road connectivity.

To serve the people in this new way, the Arunachal Police Ambulance Service (APAS), designed by the State's Director General of Police Amod Kanth, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Gegong Apang here today.

Barring two, all the 17 vehicles used in the service were old workhorses of the police department lying unused. They were converted to ambulances after repairing and modification costing only Rs 5 to 6 lakh, Kanth said during the launch of the service.

The Union Ministry of Surface Transport provided the fund for purchase of the two new vehicles, Kanth said, adding eight more old vehicles had been identified and they would join the fleet soon.

As there was hardly any ambulance in the State, all these police ambulances would be stationed in
different districts of the state.

Date: Nov 17, 2005