JAIPUR: The state transport department has issued an order according to which the ambulances registered in the state need to be fitted with a GPS tracker.
After 2019, public transport vehicles are coming fitted with GPS trackers, However, this order is first in the country to make compulsory for ambulances older than three years to install GPS, claimed officials.
The measure needs to be implemented in a month’s time, said the order.
Mahendra Soni, transport commissioner, told TOI, “during the pandemic, we had been deliberating on ways to track ambulances in case of any mishap and have issued an order that all these vehicles need to be fitted with vehicle location tracking device and emergency button.
This will further ensure that no untoward incidents happen.
All our RTOs and DTOs will prepare a list of registered ambulances in their areas to check that all vehicles comply with the order.
We have taken various measures to ensure no patient faces any difficulties during Covid time and we had also fixed fares to this effect.”