Bokaro to join pan-India network of emergency helpline number ‘112’

Bokaro will soon join with a pan-India network of single emergency helpline number ‘112’ on which immediate assistance can be sought by anyone in distress, said P Murugan SP Bokaro.

“We are at work and hope service would be started in the first week of March,” added the SP.

On the directive of Police Headquarter Ranchi, a training session related with ‘dial-112’ was organised on Monday at SP office auditorium. The CDSC experts from Ranchi Sandeep Kumar, Sanjeev and Vikash Kumar imparted training to Koyalanchal region’s police officials, he said.

The ‘dial-112’ the helpline is an integration of police (100), fire (101) and women (1090) helpline numbers and the project is being implemented under the Central Government’s Nirbhaya Fund. The single number for emergency services is similar to ‘911’ in the United States, informed an official.