‘India to donate 150 ambulances to mark Bangabandhu’s birth centennial’

India will donate 150 ambulances to Bangladesh on the occasion of the birth centennial of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

"This is a gift from our prime minister. He will make the formal announcement," Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said while interacting with a delegation of 20 Bangladeshi journalists at Hyderabad House in Delhi today.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs is hosting the media visit.

It is not only the ambulances, but also a system so that injury victims facing trauma can access the ambulance by calling a number immediately, Shringla added.

"This is a people-centric idea to promote more people-to-people contact," the secretary said.

He said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a recorded video message on inauguration of the birth centennial of Bangabandhu on March 17.

Modi was supposed to attend the programme but postponed it due to coronavirus.