Daily Important Current Affairs CLAT 2019: Single emergency helpline number 112 launched in India for women safety

Single emergency helpline number 112 launched in India for women safety

Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) in 16 states and Union territories for women safety.

– Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number: 112.

– Under this system, all the states have to set up a dedicated Emergency Response Centre (ERC).

– A citizen may Press the power button on a smartphone thrice quickly to activate a panic call to ERC.

– In case of a feature phone, long press on number 5 or 9 on the phone keypad will activate the panic call.

The 16 states/union territories where the ERSS has been launched are Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, UP, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Jammu & Kashmir.

The service has already been launched in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

The emergency number 112 is on the lines of “911′ – the all-in-one emergency number in the United States.