Gandhinagar, Aug 25 (PTI) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Tuesday flagged off 500 additional ‘112-Janrakshak’ vehicles in state capital Gandhinagar, taking the total number of vehicles in the police fleet to 1,000.
The move is aimed at bringing down the police response time.
The Janrakshak project was launched in August last year by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to enhance Gujarat’s security. It is an integrated project connecting all security-related services like disaster management, child helpline, women helpline, fire service, ambulance and police assistance through a single emergency number ‘112’.
“With the objective of providing quick and effective emergency services to the citizens of the state, 500 more ‘112-Janrakshak’ vehicles have been added to the Gujarat Police fleet. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi flagged off these new vehicles from the Nava Sachivalay in Gandhinagar,” an official release said.
With this, a total of 1,000 ‘Janrakshak’ vehicles will now be deployed across the state round-the-clock for emergency response, it said.
Sanghavi holds the Home portfolio.
“With the use of a modern 150-seat call centre, CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system and caller location technology, the state’s average police response time has been reduced to 10 minutes and 49 seconds. With the deployment of new vehicles and the use of advanced technology, the target is to bring this response time below eight minutes,” the release said.
The 112 panic button has also been integrated into apps such as Ola, Uber, Rapido and Bharat Taxi, it said.
Within the short span of 11 months since the Janrakshak Project’s implementation, integrated services have been provided for more than 11.04 lakh emergency calls, while immediate assistance has been provided in more than 6.74 lakh police emergency incidents, the release stated.
Gujarat has always been a leading state in ensuring peace, prosperity and security, Gujarat’s Minister of State Kamlesh Patel said, adding that the state police remain committed to public safety.
The 112 emergency service will provide faster and more effective assistance, ensuring that police help reaches citizens as quickly as possible, he added.
Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) G S Malik, CID Crime DGP Dr K L N Rao, Law and Order DGP Rajkumar Pandian, Police Training DGP Neerja Gotru and other officials were present at the flagging off ceremony. PTI KVM NP
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