Known as father of Jannat, the girl -now eight years old who has been cleaning Kashmir’s famous lake - Dal lake for years,Tariq Ahmad Patloo Kashmir gifts the lake dwellers their first floating ambulance. Dal lake gets its Floating ambulance in over 155 years.
People say it was in 1865 that a boat was used to ferry patients in Jhelum river.
Patloos Boat Ambulance will have all emergency equipments to treat patients inside backwaters.
Patloo, says he got the idea after Covid19 patients were refused ferry service by boatmen.
Tariq’s daughter, 8 year old jannat ready to help in her father’s mission. But feels her mission of Clean Dal will be compromised.
Her child like explanation is worth a hear. She says she will help on the ambulance, but continue cleaning the lake, as it will make people healthy and happy and they inturn won’t need the ambulance.