BHUBANESWAR: The Commissionerate Police on Saturday created a green corridor for a seriously ill elderly patient from the SCB medical college hospital at Cuttack to the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here for smooth movement. The patient, Indramani Pani, is the father of Banchhanidhi Pani, Hate IAS officer and commissioner of the Surat Municipal Corporation.
It took the ambulance only 27 minutes to reach the airport. Later the patient was airlifted in an air ambulance to Surat in Gujarat for further treatment. He was being treated at the medicine ward of the SCB medical college and hospital during the last few days.
According to the plan, the ambulance carrying the critical patient left the hospital at 9.48am on Saturday. Traffic wing’s vehicle piloted the ambulance till it reached the airport. The pilot vehicle ensured that the route is clear for hassle-free movement of the ambulance.
Bhubaneswar Traffic ACP Swastik Panda said they took the shortest route for the movement of the ambulance. “We brought the ambulance to the airport via Hanspal, Vani Vihar, Acharya Vihar, Jaydev Vihar on National Highway 16, Kalinga Stadium, 120 Infantry Battalion, Rabindra Mandap Square, AG Square and Capital Hospital square,” he added.
Panda said the ambulance reached the airport at 10.15am. “Because of the green corridor created for the ambulance, it took only 27 minutes. During busy hours, a person from Cuttack takes one hour to reach the city airport,” he added.
Sources said the twin city commissionerate police have already created around 11 green corridors for hassle free movement of ambulances carrying critical patients.
On December 11 last year, it had created a green corridor for Badrinayaran Patra, former minister and sitting MLA from Ghasipura constituency in Keonjhar district, from a private hospital here to airport. He was airlifted to Hyderabad for advanced treatment.
It took the ambulance only 27 minutes to reach the airport. Later the patient was airlifted in an air ambulance to Surat in Gujarat for further treatment. He was being treated at the medicine ward of the SCB medical college and hospital during the last few days.
According to the plan, the ambulance carrying the critical patient left the hospital at 9.48am on Saturday. Traffic wing’s vehicle piloted the ambulance till it reached the airport. The pilot vehicle ensured that the route is clear for hassle-free movement of the ambulance.
Bhubaneswar Traffic ACP Swastik Panda said they took the shortest route for the movement of the ambulance. “We brought the ambulance to the airport via Hanspal, Vani Vihar, Acharya Vihar, Jaydev Vihar on National Highway 16, Kalinga Stadium, 120 Infantry Battalion, Rabindra Mandap Square, AG Square and Capital Hospital square,” he added.
Panda said the ambulance reached the airport at 10.15am. “Because of the green corridor created for the ambulance, it took only 27 minutes. During busy hours, a person from Cuttack takes one hour to reach the city airport,” he added.
Sources said the twin city commissionerate police have already created around 11 green corridors for hassle free movement of ambulances carrying critical patients.
On December 11 last year, it had created a green corridor for Badrinayaran Patra, former minister and sitting MLA from Ghasipura constituency in Keonjhar district, from a private hospital here to airport. He was airlifted to Hyderabad for advanced treatment.
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