Liver being brought from Puducherry to in Madurai by green corridor. | Photo Credit: s_krishnamoorthymore-inPuducherry to Madurai in three hours by road was made possible after a “Green Corridor” was created on Wednesday. A green corridor is a smooth and obstruction-free passage provided to the ambulance by appropriate traffic management authorities to transport organs. The ambulance which left at 10.40 a.m., reached Apollo Hospitals here at 1.40 p.m. covering a little over 300 kilometres. “It usually takes six to eight hours to cover such a long distance in normal speed.

Source: The Hindu January 25, 2017 20:15 UTC