Ambulance with patient stranded for 50 minutes in Gzb after crash with kanwar trolley
An ambulance carrying a snakebite patient was delayed for 50 minutes in Ghaziabad after a minor collision with a tractor-trolley led to a protest by kanwar pilgrims. The incident has forced local authorities to implement emergency traffic diversions to manage the influx of pilgrims.
Why it matters
The event highlights the tension between large-scale religious processions and the necessity of maintaining clear corridors for emergency medical services.
Ghaziabad: An ambulance carrying a patient to hospital remained stranded for nearly 50 minutes on Delhi-Meerut road on Monday morning after a minor collision with a tractor-trolley carrying kanwariyas triggered a blockade.The ambulance, which was shifting a patient — a kanwar pilgrim himself — from a health centre in Muradnagar to Sanjay Nagar Hospital around 7am, brushed against the tractor-trolley parked along the roadside. Soon after, a group of pilgrims gathered at the spot, alleging the collision had damaged their kanwar and the trolley, and staged a protest that brought traffic on the busy corridor to a standstill.For nearly an hour, vehicles remained trapped on the road, with the ambulance unable to move either despite carrying a patient requiring urgent hospital care. Police reached the spot, spoke to the protesting pilgrims and cleared a passage for the ambulance, which left around 10 minutes after senior officers intervened.
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