Mumbai: The state government on Friday (2 April) said it is planning a water ambulance service between the Gateway of India in south Mumbai and Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district.
\r\nReplying to a debate in the Legislative Council on health-related issues raised by Shiv Sena’s Neelam Gorhe and others, Minister for Public Health Deepak Sawant said the water ambulance service has been started on trial basis in the Nar-Par river basin on Gujarat border. “The project can be replicated at Tapola Lake in Mahabaleshwar and Pranhita river bordering Andhra Pradesh,” he added. |