Question: Lifeline Express was operated for the first time on-
(a) 16 July 1991
(b) 14 July 1991
(c) 15 July 1991
(d) 18 July 1991
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 16 July 2016 the Lifeline Express completed 25 years of operations.
- On July 16, 1991, the Lifeline Express (LLE) started as the world’s first hospital on a train.
- It was started by Impact India Foundation (IIF), a Mumbai-based NGO and Indian Railways (IR).
- The MoU was signed under which the Railways would provide a three-coach train, provide water and electricity, and maintain it, and the NGO would operate the medical services.
- Since 1991, LLE has regularly conducted medical projects by camping in different parts of the country.
Reference:
http://www.railnews.co.in/lifeline-express-the-first-hospital-train/
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hospital-train-lifeline-express-completes-25-years-of-service/1/716342.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/news/the-lifeline-express-25-years-of-changing-lives/article8861769.ece
https://www.impactindia.org/lifeline-express.php#content-start