A single emergency number soon in India

To abolish different numbers for different emergency situations, Government of India will soon provide a single number for all kinds of emergencies.

Currently in India we have 100 for police, 101 for fire, 102 for ambulance and 108 for emergency disaster management.

According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) 100 or 108 – whichever number gets selected – will be the single number for the entire country.

“In India, number 100 which is reserved for calling Police services is very popular. This makes 100 a suitable candidate for the choice of single number for IECRS,” TRAI said.

“A secondary emergency response number also exists in some countries like 112 in UK (in addition to 999), 112 in Australia (in addition to 000). Calls from this number are again routed to primary response numbers in these countries,” TRAI added.

Anyone can send their opinions to the TRAI by April 5, 2013.

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