Vehicles used by Mayor and Deputy-Mayor to be utilised as Ambulance

The vehicles used by the Mayor and Deputy-Mayor of Tilottama Municipality in Rupandehi have been utilised to carry coronavirus-infected people.

Mayor Basudev Ghimire and Deputy-Mayor Jageshwori Chaudhari decided to provide their vehicles to use vehicles for COVID-19 infected people.

They took the decision in this regard after the number of people infected with coronavirus started increasing day by day as well as ambulances are not available on time.

The municipality has been operating two ambulances. With the decision of the Mayor and Deputy- Mayor, four vehicles will carry COVID-19 infected people.

Mayor Ghimire said that the vehicles used by them have been brought into use for coronavirus infected people in order to provide service quickly and easy manner.

Mayor and Deputy-Mayor handed over the key of their vehicles to corona focal person Keshav Bhattarai today.

Similarly, the municipality has set up a 40-bed isolation centre providing service of Corona Hospital into operation at Shankarnagar. Activities have been forwarded in order to construct a 60-bed isolation centre at Ward no 9.