NTPC donates ambulance to Narsipatnam hospital
The fully-equipped ambulance, valued at ₹35 lakh, was formally handed over to the hospital management, according to a release on Thursday in the presence of Assembly speaker Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu and Collector Vijaya Krishnan.
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