100 fails to work yet again

Chandigarh | Thursday | 21st June, 2018

Summary:

MOHALI: The forest officers, who were assaulted at a check post in Mohali district on Monday night, had tried to call police helpline 100, but couldn’t get through. Replying to a question, Chahal said that to solve the problem related to emergency numbers, they were in process to setup a new emergency number “112”. “I am aware of the fact that there is a problem in getting through to the police by dialling 100. According to Rajinder Singh, a forest guard, who was attacked along with others, “We tried calling Mohali police by dialling 100, but couldn’t reach them despite repeated attempts. But we are now taking steps and have a new one number (112) for all emergencies, including police, hospital and fire..