NHAI tightens norms: Rs 10k fine if its ambulances fail to reach crash site in 10mins

There are around 3,000 ambulances and 1,000 patrol vehicles and cranes each covering nearly 50,000 km of highways under the NHAINEW DELHI: Ambulances deployed on NHs will face a Rs 10,000 penalty for failing to reach an incident site within 10 minutes, while a similar penalty will apply if they fail to take a victim to a hospital within the critical “golden hour”.National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday tightened the service-level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) for ambulances, cranes and patrolling vehicles deployed for incident management across the national highway network.There are around 3,000 ambulances and 1,000 patrol vehicles and cranes each covering nearly 50,000 km of highways under the NHAI.All these vehicles are equipped with GPS and ded