Puducherry: An Emergency Response Centre at a cost of Rs 3.23 crore was inaugurated by Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy.
This initiative is part of Nirbhaya Fund scheme and is said to integrates all the present facilities to respond to emergency and distress calls.
A media report said the new facility with a single emergency number -112 – unifies other emergency and distress call numbers, for example, 100 (police help), 101 (fire and rescue services department), 108 (ambulance facility) and 181 (women and child care).
Also a cyber forensic lab-cum-training centre at a cost of Rs 1.62 crores for cyber crime analysis was opened by the CM. The lab was provided by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) under its CSR scheme. The facility is also part of the Nirbhaya fund.
To improve traffic management system, the Chief Minister also declared open a traffic management centre set up by the police department in association with the Institute of Road Traffic Education.