Vehicles with tools to rescue trapped passengers

The Delhi Traffic Police is in the process of inducting “Road Disaster Management” vehicles equipped with tools to rescue trapped passengers from vehicles following accidents and to deal with exigency on the roads.

These vehicles will be fitted with multiple tools and gadgets for crucial use in disaster situations. They will have cutting tools that can pierce through heavy metal to rescue trapped passengers in vehicles following road accidents, cut and remove uprooted trees from roads.

The vehicles will be fitted with state-of-the-art gadgets and equipment, with an independent power source in them. It will also have a waterpump to pump out about 1000 litres of standing water in a minute and disposing it to about 25 to 30 m away from the site.