As Navratri is around the corner, late-night revellers will enjoy the festive spirit across the city. Amidst the excitement, ensuring women’s safety remains a top priority. It is imperative to know that the Gujarat Police has initiated an ‘emergency call box’ system under the ‘Nirbhaya Safe City’ project, designed to create a safer environment for citizens.
For the safety of the public, specifically women, children, and senior citizens in any emergency, the police have installed a total of 205 emergency call boxes across all the seven zones of the city.
How does an emergency call box work
If someone meets with an accident, there is a threat to women’s safety or there is a brawl on the street, the victim or the third person can locate a metallic box usually installed on the CCTV poles and press the red button on the device.
Once pressed, the police control room (PCR) will receive a video call or voice call depending on the type of device.
The device caters to tw
Faced with an emergency in public in Ahmedabad? Turn to the emergency call box
As Navratri is around the corner, late-night revellers will enjoy the festive spirit across the city. Amidst the excitement, ensuring women’s safety remains a top priority. It is imperative to know that the Gujarat Police has initiated an ‘emergency call box’ system under the ‘Nirbhaya Safe City’ project, designed to create a safer environment for citizens.
For the safety of the public, specifically women, children, and senior citizens in any emergency, the police have installed a total of 205 emergency call boxes across all the seven zones of the city.
How does an emergency call box work
If someone meets with an accident, there is a threat to women’s safety or there is a brawl on the street, the victim or the third person can locate a metallic box usually installed on the CCTV poles and press the red button on the device.
Once pressed, the police control room (PCR) will receive a video call or voice call depending on the type of device.
The device caters to two-way communication directly to the PCR.
A policeman will ask you for basic details including your location, name, and contact number.
In a demo call by Gujarat Samachar Digital, the PCR responder assured the reporter that a PCR van will reach the spot in 10 minutes.
Currently, over 205 emergency call boxes have been installed in Ahmedabad, yielding positive results, with around 100 calls being received daily.
However, many Amdavadis including youth are unaware of these boxes.
Where are the boxes?
Being a hub for education and employment, the city attracts people from across the nation. The emergency call boxes are prominently installed near AMTS and BRTS bus stations, universities, hospitals, schools and secluded lanes.
For now, a total of 181 places across Ahmedabad have these boxes including:
- New Cloth Market
- Bhadra
- Delhi Darwaja
- Raipur Darwaja
- Police commissioner’s office
- LG Hospital
- Khokhra
- CTM Cross Road
- Soni ni chali
- Navrangpura char rasta
- IIM
- Judges Bungalow Road
- Gujarat University
- Asarwa lake
- Kubernagar
- GTU College
- GTU girls’ hostel
- Gujarat College girls’ hostel
- Vidhyanagar School (Usmanpura)
- Azad Society cross road
- SG Highway
- Prahlad Nagar
- Natraj Cinema
- Chandkheda gam
- Mount Carmel School
- Paldi
- Vasna
- Subhash Bridge
Out of five boxes tested at the prime locations by the team of Gujarat Samachar Digital, only two were in working condition.
The police control room in Ahmedabad currently receives about 100 calls daily. This project is also operational in other cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Lucknow.