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The body parts were taken from Kalina Airport Gate No. 8 to the Western Express Highway in two minutes via Hans Bhugra Road.
The bodies arrived in the city from Pune around 19:00, when traffic is usually at its peak. (Image courtesy of Shutterstock)
Traffic police on Wednesday created a 22-km green tunnel to facilitate the transfer of harvested hearts and livers from the airport to a hospital in south Mumbai in 19 minutes, officials said.
The bodies arrived in the city from Pune around 19:00, when traffic is usually at its peak. The body parts were taken from Kalina Airport Gate Number 8 to the Western Express Highway in two minutes on Hans Bhugra Road, said senior inspector Sandip Yele of Vakola Traffic Division.
The traffic police then created a green tunnel to transport the body parts, he said.
“It took us only 19 minutes to give a new life to a person,” Mumbai traffic police said in a tweet.
It added, “To construct a green tunnel of 22 kilometers for the transport of organs (heart and liver) from Kalina Airport Gate No.
(This story was not edited by News18 staff and was published by the syndicated news agency – PTI)
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