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Toothless QRT fails again the accident victims Govt. fails to equip them with necessary equipments, training in J&K

Toothless QRT fails again the accident victims

Govt. fails to equip them with necessary equipments, training in J&K
Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, July 16: While the road accidents continue to kill people across the state, the Quick Rescue Teams (QRTs) seems to be functioning on the papers and official files only.

Recently, in a tragic road mishap at Ramban in which 15 people were killed and more than 17 injured were when a bus carrying pilgrims returning from the Amarnath shrine met with an accident, again brought the focus the poor preparation of the administration.

“But there was no QRT present in accident time; the Police launched rescues operation with the help of people of there. During past few months accidents are happeing, but the administration is not prepared”, said a senior officer.

It is pertinent to mention here that the QRTs constituted under the chairmanship of deputy commissioners and deployed on accident prone areas along the highways in the mountainous Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts for start immediately rescue operation.

Source said that yet these teams have not been provided with necessary equipment, required at the time of rescue operations, virtually making them handicapped. The fully equipped Quick Rescue Teams (QRTs), to be deployed with ambulances for immediate rescue operations in times of road accidents on highways in the state, has been stuck with the finance department from last some years.

He further said that the concerned authority nothing was done to make QRTs effective. The authority took up the matter with higher authorities several times vis-à-vis lack in infrastructure and equipments. “On February 2009, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had also suggested creation of a corpus to provide insurance cover to passengers travelling in commercial vehicles in the state so that in eventualities the families of the victims were paid relief from the corpus fund” he added.

Which ambulances deployed the ambulances need, longer ropes and other equipments to retrieve injured persons and vehicles from deep gorges and the mighty Chenab flowing through these districts but we were not provided the same. It creates several problems in rescue operations and we fail sometimes to save precious human lives.

However when contact Deputy Commissioner Shabbir Ahmed Khan said that Quick Rescues Teams were present during the rescue operation. They had been helping the police for out the passengers from the vehicles. “Whatever we have been provided, administration is using them during the rescue operation”, Khan said.

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