Archive · 21 Aug 2025
Punjab Integrates Helplines into 112 for Emergency Response
Punjab Police made it easier to get help by combining multiple emergency numbers into one: 112.
If you need help on a highway or have a cybercrime issue, calling 112 connects you to the right people.
This includes the highway help team and cybercrime specialists.
The government is spending a lot of money on this to make sure help arrives quickly.
Punjab Police integrated NHAI's 1033 and cybercrime helpline 1930 with the 112 emergency system.
Citizens can dial 112 for highway emergencies, breakdowns, and cybercrime reporting.
The initiative combines critical services under a single-window platform.
Highway distress calls are linked to police resources and NHAI for prompt action.
Specially trained cyber dispatchers handle cybercrime complaints within the 112 system.
- Who
- Punjab Police
- What
- Punjab Police integrated highway and cybercrime helplines with the 112 emergency system.
- When
- Not explicitly mentioned, but the implementation was recently done.
- Where
- Punjab
- Why
- To make emergency services more accessible and efficient.
- Emergency Number
- 112
- Integrated Helplines
- 1033 (NHAI), 1930 (Cybercrime)
- Supervising Officer
- Special DGP Arpit Shukla
- Emergency Response Vehicles
- 257
- Sadak Surakhya Force Vehicles
- 144
- Budget for ERVs
- Rs 100 crore
- Budget for HQ
- Rs 53 crore
