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Gujarat Adds 500 Janrakshak Vehicles to Expand Emergency Response
Gujarat has added 500 special vehicles to help police respond to emergencies faster.
The state now has 1,000 Janrakshak vehicles working all day and night.
People can use the emergency number 112 to ask for help.
This service connects police, ambulances, fire services, disaster management and helplines.
A large call centre helps send the nearest vehicle to people who need assistance.
Technology can also help locate callers.
The average police response time is now 10 minutes and 49 seconds.
Officials want to reduce it to less than eight minutes.
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi flagged off 500 additional 112-Janrakshak vehicles in Gandhinagar.
The additions bring Gujarat’s total Janrakshak police-response fleet to 1,000 vehicles operating around the clock.
A 150-seat call centre, Computer Aided Dispatch system and caller-location technology have reduced average response time to 10 minutes and 49 seconds.
Authorities aim to reduce the average police response time to below eight minutes with the new vehicles and technology.
The integrated 112 service has handled more than 11.04 lakh emergency calls and assisted in over 6.74 lakh police emergencies within 11 months.
- Who
- Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi flagged off the vehicles, with senior police officials attending.
- What
- Gujarat added 500 112-Janrakshak vehicles, increasing its emergency-response fleet to 1,000 vehicles.
- Where
- The flag-off ceremony took place at the Nava Sachivalay in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- When
- The vehicles were flagged off on August 25; the project had handled calls and incidents during its first 11 months.
- Why
- The expansion aims to provide quicker emergency assistance and reduce police response times.
Key facts
- New vehicles
- 500 additional 112-Janrakshak vehicles
- Total fleet
- 1,000 vehicles deployed across Gujarat around the clock
- Emergency number
- 112
- Current response time
- Average police response time of 10 minutes and 49 seconds
- Target response time
- Below eight minutes
- Emergency calls handled
- More than 11.04 lakh in the project’s first 11 months
- Police emergencies assisted
- More than 6.74 lakh
Quotes
Gujarat government official release
Official release describing the vehicle deployment ceremony
“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”
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“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”
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