Jamshedpur BJP parliamentarian Bidyut Baran Mahto on Monday donated 8 air-conditioned ambulances equipped with oxygen cylinders to the East Singhbhum district administration, meant to ferry patients from rural areas.

Mahto and deputy commissioner Suraj Kumar jointly flagged off the vehicles from the district collectorate. BJP East Singhbhum district president Gunjan Yadav was also present at the occasion.

“People living in the rural pockets will benefit. The vehicles have already left for their rural destinations,” said Mahto.

The vehicles were put on trial on Sunday to ensure everything, including mileage, was in order before they were handed over to the district administration.

The BJP parliamentarian had also arranged rations and packed food for the people living in the blocks of East Singhbhum during the first wave of the Covid pandemic last year.

Seven ambulances will ferry Covid patients from the rural areas and one is meant for the steel city’s urban localities.

The ambulances will be used in Ghatshila, Potka, Baharagora, Musaboni and Patamda in East Singhbhum.

Mahto will be handing over six more air-conditioned ambulances, including two meant for hearse service. Two ambulances will be for the steel city and will be run by the urban civic bodies Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee and Mango Notified Area Committee.

District vigil

The district police led by senior superintendent M. Tamil Vanan visited Sakchi market to ensure no shops were open during the state-wide lockdown. The police personnel also stopped an auto-rickshaw driver who was seen ferrying more than four passengers. The driver was warned and the extra passengers were asked to travel in other auto.