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TRAI recommends 112 as single emergency number for India
NEW DELHI: The telecom regulator has proposed a single number '112' which could be used for all emergency phone calls across the country including for police, fire and ambulance, modelled on the lines of the all-in-one emergency number '911'in the United States.
If the proposal is implemented, the government will integrate all existing emergency numbers 100, 101, 102 and 108 into the proposed 112 helpline number.
"Authority recommends that the number 112 be adopted as the single emergency number for India. This new number may be popularised extensively through a public awareness campaign by the government," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a statement.
The regulator also suggested that existing emergency numbers such as 100, 101, 102 and 108 could be retained as secondary numbers. If any call is made to these numbers, the call should be directed to the new single emergency number 112, TRAI said.
Read more at:
TRAI recommends 112 as single emergency number for India - The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The telecom regulator has proposed a single number '112' which could be used for all emergency phone calls across the country including for police, fire and ambulance, modelled on the lines of the all-in-one emergency number '911'in the United States.
If the proposal is implemented, the government will integrate all existing emergency numbers 100, 101, 102 and 108 into the proposed 112 helpline number.
"Authority recommends that the number 112 be adopted as the single emergency number for India. This new number may be popularised extensively through a public awareness campaign by the government," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a statement.
The regulator also suggested that existing emergency numbers such as 100, 101, 102 and 108 could be retained as secondary numbers. If any call is made to these numbers, the call should be directed to the new single emergency number 112, TRAI said.
Read more at:
TRAI recommends 112 as single emergency number for India - The Economic Times
