The contract, given to PDPL on May 31, was for running 2,125 ambulances as part of the Dial 102 service. Under this, ambulances ferry critical patients, pregnant women, and infants to the nearest government hospitals free of cost.
The contract, given to PDPL on May 31, was for running 2,125 ambulances as part of the Dial 102 service. Under this, ambulances ferry critical patients, pregnant women, and infants to the nearest government hospitals free of cost.
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The court of Justices P B Bajanthri and Jitendra Kumar on June 24, 2023, had given “liberty to petitioner to initiate contempt proceedings in accordance with law”. The court is likely to hear contempt petition next week.
In a two-part series on June 18 and 19, The Indian Express had reported how the state government allegedly tweaked and relaxed tender norms, bypassed the court’s caution and ignored several adverse audit reports to award the contract to run emergency ambulances across the state to PDPL.