Ambulance Sirens May Soon Sound Like Akashwani Tune. Serious Enough?

If all goes according to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's plan, ambulances in India will soon have instrumental sounds instead of globally recognised sirens.

Gadkari said he was planning to bring a law under which only the sound of Indian musical instruments can be used as a horn for vehicles.

Speaking at a highway inauguration ceremony in Nashik, Gadkari said he was also studying the sirens used by ambulances and police vehicles and replacing them with a more pleasant tune played on the All India Radio.

Gadkari said that he put an end to red beacons and now its time for those sirens to end.

Gadkari said that he put an end to red beacons and now it's time for those sirens to end.

Gadkari said he put an end to red beacons. ¡°Now I want to put an end to these sirens as well. Now I am studying the sirens (used by) ambulances and police. An artist composed a tune of Akashwani (All India Radio) and it was played early in the morning. I am thinking of using that tune for ambulances so that people feel pleasant. It is so irritating, especially after ministers pass by, the sirens are used at full volume. This also harms the ears.¡±

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¡°I am studying this and soon planning to make a law that the horns of all vehicles should be in Indian musical instruments so that it is pleasant to hear. Flute, tabla, violin, mouth organ, harmonium,¡± Gadkari said.

Ambulances are generally equipped with flashing warning lights and sirens, and a shift from sirens and flash lights may hamper the process of taking patients swiftly to the hospitals.