Soon you can dial 112 for emergency
posted on Mar 29, 2016 @ 12:56PM
One need not watch many Hollywood movies to know the significance of 911. 911 is an emergency service in US which responds to every kind of distress call. India too might have an uniform emergency service like that. The central government seems to have accepted a suggestion made by a telecom commission.
According to the suggestion, there would be a uniform emergency service available at 112. This service would be available even for those phones with suspended outgoing facility. A call centre like system would be established to receive these phone calls and divert them to the required department. At present, India is having various emergency services under various numbers. Services such as 100 (police), 101 (fire) were uniform in most of the states... while 108 (ambulance), 1094 (missing cases) were available in specific states. If everything falls in place, this service might be available by next year!