Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has purchased nearly three dozen new ambulances with its budget, which will be distributed to local units of remote places across the country.

Officials say that five out of the 35 ambulances have already arrived, and the supplier has committed to delivering the remaining vehicles within a month.

"We will hand over the ambulances to local units once we receive all the vehicles," said Deepak Kumar KC, chief of the health department of the metropolis. "We spent Rs2 million on each vehicle after customs exemption and have also purchased 'category B' accessories spending additional amounts."

Officials say that the municipal council meeting had approved the decision to provide ambulances...