A green corridor was operationalised today between Kashimira area of Thane district and Vile Parle in Mumbai to help airlift a critical patient to Hyderabad, a police official said.
The no-obstruction traffic corridor of 23 kilometres was set up after a request came in from a local hospital at 7 am, and the ambulance carrying the patient covered the distance in 35 minutes between 9:10 am and 9:45 am, the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police official said.
"The flight carrying the patient, who needed an urgent liver operation, took off from a Pawan Hans facility in Vile Parle at 10:05 am and it reached Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad in Telangana at 11:40am," he said.
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