The state government has pressed into service ambulances to carry the dead to the cremation grounds from homes and hospitals in the Greater Hyderabad limits, free of cost.
The government made this arrangement following the direction of municipal administration minister K T Rama Rao.
This follows reports in the media about ambulances charging exorbitant amounts to take bodies to burial/cremation grounds in the city.
To avail of the free ambulances, the following numbers can be contacted:
L B Nagar zone: Kumar, Superintendent - 9100091941; S Venkatesh, DTCO - 9701365515 Charminar zone: D D Nayak, Joint Commissioner - 9440585704; S Balreddy, Administrative Officer - 9849907742 Khairatabad zone: Rakesh, AE - 7995009080 Kukatpalli zone: Chandrasekhar Reddy, AMOH - 7993360308; Sriramulu, DCTO - 9515050849 Serilingampalli zone: J C Malla Reddy - 6309529286; M Ramesh Kumar - 9989930253; DVD Control Room - 9154795942 Secunderabad zone: Dr Ravinder Goud, AMGH - 7993360302; Shankar, DTCO - 9100091948
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