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20 Qualis added to PCR fleet

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI JUNE 12. The Delhi Lieutenant-Governor, Vijai Kapoor, today flagged off a fleet of 20 new Toyota Qualis vehicles which would be connected with the Police Control Room for round-the-clock patrolling on the Capital roads. Earlier, two such vehicles were deployed in New Delhi on a trial basis.

These vehicles are equipped with oxygen cylinders and fire-extinguishers. They have ample space for accommodating stretchers to carry injured persons to hospitals. The vehicles, which are in addition to the existing 338-old PCR Gypsy vans, have been inducted for patrolling purposes as they have a fast pick-up and easy manoeuvrability.

The police said such vehicles would help the PCR function more efficiently, especially when it attends to at least 7,500 calls everyday, of which only 1,800 calls turn out to be genuine complaints.

However, the PCR staff have to attend to each call in order to negate the chances of missing out actual crisis situation. Apart from this, the police have also introduced women/children helpline numbers which are under the control of the PCR section. Recently, a senior citizens helpline number has also been introduced to provide immediate assistance to elderly people in distress.

Always on their toes, the PCR staff transported over 10,000 injured people from different parts of the city to hospitals, and their timely intervention helped in saving the lives of hundreds of people. According to the police, the PCR's time of response to any distress call is currently around five minutes, which would improve with the introduction of the Global Positioning System. The GPS is likely to become functional by this year-end.

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