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NHAI planning original plot to contain cashless remedy for street accident victims

Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Internet Team |Source: IANS |Updated: Mar 31, 2022, 11: 30 PM IST

In what is going to be a mountainous reduction to street accident victims, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning cashless remedy for the victims, in conjunction with drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists, on diagnosed nationwide highway stretches between Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Chennai, Chennai-Kolkata, Kolkata-Agra and Agra-Delhi corridors of the Golden Quadrilateral for remedy of bodily injuries brought on which potential of street accidents.

The plot will veil the instant wants of hospitalisation of the victims for the first 48 hours from the time of hospitalisation or offering critical remedy, whichever occurs earlier, up to a brand of Rs 30,000 ranging from the time of the ambulance reaching the accident discipline as recorded within the regulate room.

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The gentle for the cashless remedy facility has been invited from the insurance coverage companies registered with IRDAI or enabled by a Central legislation to undertake insurance coverage-linked activities for a minimal of the closing 5 years having a divulge settlement ratio of now not decrease than 85 per cent within the closing three years.

Union Freeway Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari mentioned within the Lok Sabha that the lessons from the implementation of this plot will be prolonged to other nationwide highways as smartly, and the success of the plot will be assessed most effective after it’s implemented on the ground following conclusion of the bidding process and on-boarding of the selected insurance coverage firm.

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