Summary:
PATNA: The Patna police's Dial-100 emergency service control room has the capacity to attend only 29 calls at a time for the population of more than 58.38 lakh in the district.According to Census 2011, the population of Patna district was 58,38,465 while the strength of Patna police is hardly around 10,000. "Looking at the volumes of calls received by the service, its capacity needs to be increased manifold. These numbers would be brought under one umbrella to create a unified command centre for district police in future. "The SSP has submitted me the report after reviewing the service (100). After the TOI carried a report citing the CJ's observations that Patna zonal IG Nayyar Hasnain Khan asked Patna SSP to review the service and submit a report within 24 hours.When asked, IG Khan accepted that the capacity to attend only 29 calls in the Dial-100 service is insufficient..