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Updated December 1st, 2022 at 19:56 IST

Noida Police quickest in UP in responding to emergencies for 16th month in row

The police responded to 13,138 emergency calls – almost 437 daily – from across Noida & Greater Noida, with an average response time of 5 minutes and 58 seconds

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The police in Gautam Buddh Nagar have been adjudged the quickest among the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh in responding to distress calls on 112 in November – for a record 16th month in a row, officials said Thursday.

In November, the police responded to 13,138 emergency calls – almost 437 daily – from across Noida and Greater Noida, with an average response time of 5 minutes and 58 seconds, according to an official statement.

"In the month of November, the average response time of PRVs (police response vehicles) in the urban areas was 5 minutes 18 seconds and in rural areas it was 6 minutes 19 seconds," the Gautam Buddh Nagar police said.

The police commissionerate currently has 65 four-wheelers and 50 two-wheelers in its fleet of 112 PRVs through which quick assistance is provided to distressed callers, according to the statement.

Keeping in view the safety of women, six all-women PRVs are operated in Gautam Buddh Nagar, while for prompt support on expressways there are four PRVs on Eastern-Peripheral Expressway and two on Yamuna Expressway, it stated.

The police said an 18-day fresher course for PRV personnel is held from time to time and at present, a nine-day refresher course is being held at the police lines here from November 22.

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Published December 1st, 2022 at 19:56 IST

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