NEW DELHI: India’s first Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) will be started from Uttarakhand, Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday.

Scindia on X informed that a helicopter will be deployed at All Indian Institute of Medical Science in Rishikesh from where it can be sent anywhere within a radius area of 150 km to airlift the people to the hospital.

He said that HEMS would operate under project ‘Sanjeevani’. The helicopter is being assembled at present and is under the certification process. “Assembly and certification of the helicopter to be deployed for the purpose is underway. It is on my dashboard. It is entirely my concern now not yours,” Scindia said.

The development comes a day after Scindia virtually inaugurated the newly constructed terminal building (phase-2) at Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun along with chief minster Pushkar Singh Dhami, who joined the event from Jolly Grant Airport.