Sri Lanka Highway Patrol (EMERGENCY # 1969)
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An emergency hotline- 1969 has been introduced to assist users of the Southern Expressway for emergency and disaster situations,
The hotline is set up to provide emergency roadside assistance for matters regarding security, medical, fire extinguishing, disaster management and other rescue services.
It will also respond to users' personal or medical emergencies associated with accidents or illnesses while they are on the expressway.
24-hour emergency service units including the emergency disaster service, ambulance service, police service, vehicle repair units, fire and rescue service as well as teams of doctors and nurses have been established at 18 points on the Southern expressway.
modern and novel emergency service with state-of-the-art facilities is now in place to assist vehicle users of the Southern expressway.
there will be a special police division for traffic control, paramedics and a special fire brigade for the expressway.
Wearing seat-belts by all vehicle users including passengers in buses, is compulsory.
In addition, quarters had been built in the vicinity for officers who will be on duty while fuel stations are also set up.
14 окт 2024
