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- The Jammu and Kashmir health department has issued a tender to buy bulletproof ambulances for districts near the Line of Control.
- The ambulances will protect patients from bullets and grenade blasts and carry equipment for critically ill patients.
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had announced the purchase in the budget, starting with two ambulances for Poonch and Tangdhar in financial year 2026-27.
- Each ambulance will meet NIJ Level-3 ballistic protection standards and withstand two HE grenade blasts.
- The vehicles will carry a transport ventilator, a defibrillator with a multi-para monitor, and two D-type oxygen cylinders of about 6,000 to 7,000 litres each.
- These ambulances matter because shifting the injured to hospital during cross-border firing is the biggest challenge in border villages.
What to watch next
- Who wins the tender and when the ambulances are delivered
- Whether more ambulances are added for other border districts beyond Poonch and Tangdhar
- How the ambulances perform during future ceasefire violations
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