Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday launched the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS), under which people in distress can avail the services of police, fire and ambulance by dialing 112 in place of multiple emergency numbers like 100 (police), 102 and 108 (ambulance) and 101 (fire).
While launching the service, Patnaik said, “From now on, people will have to dial only a single number ‘112’ for all their emergency needs.” He also lauded the state police for its efforts in introducing this single-number service which will be beneficial for all, especially women and elderly persons.
The CM exhorted the police officials ‘to work for the safety, dignity and welfare of all by providing faster, prompter and immediate response during emergency and distress.’
Patnaik also inaugurated the state-of-theart State Emergency Response Centre at IDCO tower at Mancheswar on the occasion. He also flagged off the Emergency Response Vehicles fitted with mobile data terminals.
The state government had earlier allocated Rs 157.12 crore for proper implementation of the project. As many as 2,500 additional posts have been created for smooth running of the ERSS project.
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