Date:14/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/14/stories/2008111451500300.htm

Karnataka

Emergency service

Flag off: Suresh C. Angadi, MP, launching the toll-free round-the-clock emergency service, Arogya Kavacha-108, in Belgaum on Thursday. Feroz Sait, MLA; Nazir Ahmed Nadaf, Belgaum Zilla Panchayat president; Laxmi Talwar, zilla panchayat vice-president; and officials of the Health Department are seen. Four ambulances have been made available under the service.