Chandigarh, Feb. 20 -- Haryana's additional chief secretary (ACS, home) Sumita Misra on Wednesday said that the unique initiative by the state police to provide a cashless facility of Rs.1.5 lakh to those injured in road accidents has so far benefitted 21 persons.

The ACS said that under this scheme, medical treatment facilities were being provided in government-empanelled hospitals by the national health authority, local police and state health department.

After the hospital management uploads the data of the injured person in its software and informs the concerned police station, the latter has to confirm within six hours whether the person is injured in a road accident or not.

After confirmation, the injured person is provided cashl...