'112' is the number which is assigned as "The National Emergency Number" of India by Indian Government, Similar to '198' in US and '999' in UK.
According to the report, 112 would remain operational on landlines and mobile phones even if their calling services have been suspended temporarily. The service is said to be operational through SMS, where the system would detect the sender's location and redirect to the nearest help centre.
"It will now be drafted by the department of telecom and will require telecom minister's (Ravi Shankar Prasad) approval.It will be rolled out within months rather than a year," an official source.
This service will be handled by different call center's and the operators will speak the national language of India which is Hindi which moreover includes local languages based on the current location.
Few other emergency numbers are:
According to the report, 112 would remain operational on landlines and mobile phones even if their calling services have been suspended temporarily. The service is said to be operational through SMS, where the system would detect the sender's location and redirect to the nearest help centre.
"It will now be drafted by the department of telecom and will require telecom minister's (Ravi Shankar Prasad) approval.It will be rolled out within months rather than a year," an official source.
This service will be handled by different call center's and the operators will speak the national language of India which is Hindi which moreover includes local languages based on the current location.
Few other emergency numbers are:
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