Three services in one call: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launches Dial 112

Patna, July 6, 2022:  Now by dialing a number, ambulance, police and fire service will be at your service. There is no longer any need to dial separate numbers for all three services. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar launched the Dial 112—the emergency response support system --on Wednesday. The system will to help citizens in the vent of emergency. Citizens will immediately get help by dialing 112.

A 24-hour control room has been set up at Rajvanshi Nagar for emergency response support system. Now police vehicles with dial 112 written on it will travel across the city and will remain ready to serve in case of emergency call. Even the system will work on pressing the on-off switch of any locked smart phone 3 times, number 112 will be dialed. Apart from this, number 112 can also be dialed for help from normal base phone to mobile with key pad. On dialing this number, the police car along with the fire brigade and ambulance service will be present for help.

After launching the system, chief minister Nitish Kumar took stock of the entire system. He also took detailed information about dial 112 from the police administration. He also gave many instructions to the officers.

At present, only the cities with district headquarters will get the benefit of the service of dial 112. Special Bolero vehicles have been put into service for Dial 112, which is equipped with state-of-the-art features including GPS.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui