PATNA: Public tackle system and emergency name field (ECB) has been arrange at 51 areas in Patna underneath the Patna Sensible Metropolis Restricted (PSCL) for individuals to tell the administration and police in case of any emergency scenario like catastrophe, crime and accident.
“In any emergency, an individual can ask for assist by urgent the ‘assist’ button within the emergency name field. The particular person in search of assistance will instantly inform his downside to the policeman sitting within the Built-in Command and Management Centre (ICCC) via the speaker put in within the field. After that the closest police station or 112 will probably be instructed to assist him. We’re sharing the movies on the official social media websites about its functioning. The individuals are additionally requested to share it as a lot as they’ll in order that residents could possibly be made conscious of the brand new system,” Patna site visitors SP Puran Kumar Jha stated.
The residents have welcomed the transfer. “The brand new system is simply superb just like the one we used to see in Hollywood films. It’s unbelievable that Patna is growing right into a metro metropolis. We had by no means imagined that such a gadget will probably be put in within the metropolis. I’ve by no means used it, however have seen it in lots of locations. I’ll attempt it in case of an emergency,” stated Madhulika Anand, a resident of Boring Highway.
PSCL public relations officer Priya stated solely 1-2 calls on a median are being acquired on the ICCC as many individuals are usually not conscious of it. It would take a while to develop into widespread. “Some hoax calls are additionally being made by just a few individuals. They press the ‘assist’ button and run away from there after listening to the ‘beep’ sound,” she added.
Ekta Prasad, a non-public schoolteacher, stated the brand new facility is extra useful for working girls as they need to journey alone on scooty or automotive. Girls are additionally vulnerable to accidents and crimes. This is able to permit them to get medical or administrative assist simply, she added.
“It’s a good initiative. However I’ve to see how lengthy it’ll work. The individuals right here also needs to have some civic sense and realise that the tools has been put in for them in case of emergency and isn’t to play with and harm it,” stated Rajnish Anand, a resident of Kankarbagh.
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