More than 600 of these emergency ambulances have been left stranded in Rajasthan due to non-payment of dues of Rs 48 crores by Ashok Gehlot authorities for 3 months.
GVK EMRI (Emergency Management and Research Institute), the corporate which supplies 108 ambulance providers in Rajasthan, introduced 612 of its 1477 108 Emergency ambulances to a halt due to non fee of the dues.
Ambulance operators have been instructed that the playing cards by way of which they purchase diesel haven’t been credited and have been directed not to purchase diesel upfront.
India Today spoke with GVK EMRI State Head, Praveen Sawant, who talked about that the dues had been pending for the final three months and it has now piled up to Rs 48 crore and regardless of a number of reminders, that they had not been cleared.
He acknowledged that the corporate requires 60 to 70 lakh value of gasoline on a regular basis and with dues reaching an quantity of Rs 48 crores, the ambulance providers have been impacted within the state.
“Approximately, 60-70 lakh fuel is required everyday to run the ambulance services. Apart from that, salary, repair and maintenance cost is there. It depends on lot many things. If payment is not there, it is difficult to run the services. There is a limit for everything but there is a very critical issue of payment. We have to pay the vendor. No oil company would give one credit and you know, they all require payment in advance, ” Praveen Sawant, State Head, GVK EMRI, talked about to India Today.
However, after greater than 600 of the ambulances got here to a standstill on Wednesday, the Rajasthan authorities launched a partial fee of Rs 10.30 crore later within the day. More than Rs 37 crore, nonetheless, continues to be to be paid to the corporate.
“We have received Rs 10.30 crores. The remaining amount out of Rs 48 crores is still pending. Fuel is the thing which has impacted a lot to run the ambulances,” Sawant mentioned.
He additionally added that the state authorities has assured that they may launch yet another fee of , roughly Rs 14-15 crore earlier than Diwali.
The firm in any other case, on a median, had been catering to 4000 circumstances in Rajasthan. Due to greater than 600 108 ambulances going off street, a number of circumstances have been believed to be impacted.
As per GVK EMRI, Rs eight.5 crores is ought to be paid inside 10 days time after each fortnight’s service offered by the corporate. But due to non fee by Gehlot authorities, dues of Rs 48 crores for a interval of three months had gathered.
Affected by non fee of dues by state dispensation over three months, round 6500 of its workers by GVK EMRI are but to be paid their September month’s wage, which ought to have been credited by the 12th of the present month.
“We had gone to the pump in the morning as well but money was not there in the card. We came back, they said till the time money is not there in the card, you do not have to get the diesel . Have not got salary as well. Last time, salary came on 27th of the month whereas our salary should come on the 12th,” Krishna Gopal Sharma, Compounder, 108 ambulance service mentioned to India Today.
MD, National Health Mission (NHM), who supervises the functioning of 108 ambulance undertaking in Rajasthan, Naresh Kumar Thakral, is presently on deputation in Maharashtra due to upcoming Assembly elections there.
“Have been told not to take diesel in advance and only nearby emergency cases are to be taken. Distant cases are not to be taken. The reason is that money is not being provided by the government to the company. Have not been paid last month’s salary till now and is not being given on time as well,” Mohan Singh, a driver with one of the 108 ambulances instructed India Today.
Both the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot and state Health minister, Dr. Raghu Sharma, are presently in Maharashtra, campaigning for Congress for the upcoming Assembly elections there.
Rajasthan Health minister Dr. Raghu Sharma mentioned that the delay in funds is due to some causes and warranted that the dues will probably be cleared quickly.
(With enter by Mustafa Shaikh from Maharashtra)
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