With the number of Covid-19 cases rising every day, Tamil Nadu authorities have already converted hundreds of taxis into ambulances for patients. However, the services are still not good enough in the rural areas. When a private ambulance service charged a massive amount of money for providing its services, a politician decided to donate his KiaSeltos to be used as an ambulance.
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Mahendran belongs to Tharmarankottai village, which is around 10 km away from Pattukottai. He said that a 60-year old woman in the village developed severe non-COVID-19 related complications on Sunday. The family couldn’t arrange an ambulance or a vehicle as no one was willing to travel so far. Mahendran also stated that in Jimper, Puducherry, a family from the village had to spend more than Rs 15,000 to take a Covid-19 patient to the hospital a few days ago.
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Coming to the vehicle, prices for the Kia Seltos range from Rs 9.95 lakh for the base HTE G trim and goes up to Rs 17.65 for the loaded GTX+. It is available with 3 engine choices, two petrol and one diesel. The petrol 1.5-litre 4 cylinder produces 115 PS and 144 Nm of peak power and torque figures and can be paired with a manual or IVT transmission while the 1.4-litre turbo-petrol makes 140 PS and 242 Nm max power and torque which comes mated with a manual or a 7-speed DCT. The 1.5-litre turbo-diesel churns out power and torque figures 115 PS and250 Nm respectively and you have the option of either a manual or an auto transmission.
Tamil Nadu Congress Leader Converts Personal Kia Seltos Into Ambulance
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