Bengaluru: Facing traffic-related issues? You can now call helpline number 112
Karnataka Traffic police urge citizens to use helpline 112 for reporting traffic jams and accidents. Traffic department will handle these issues instead of Hoysala police. The helpline, previously for crimes, now accepts traffic-related complaints.
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FollowKarnataka Traffic police have urged the citizens to call the helpline 112, in case of traffic jams, or accidents on the road. These issues related to the traffic will be solved by the staff of the traffic department instead of the Hoysala police.
If you have any issues related to the traffic, jams, No parking issues and other petty accidents on the road, you can call the helpline 112, which was earlier allotted to the complaints related to crimes in the city.
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The Commissioner of Bengaluru has tweeted, “The helpline number 112, is now made to receive complaints and solve the issue related to the traffic. These issues will be solved by the staff of the traffic police department, instead of the regular Hoysala police”.
Until now, people used to report theft, murder and other petty crime-related incidents to the police. Now, one can be able to call the police in case of having traffic issues too.
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In a recently held public relations meetings with the police, a citizen suggested that the police should think about solving traffic issues through the number 112. In response, the police have appealed to the citizens to call 112 for any kind of traffic-related issues.
Karnataka’s ex-CM Basavaraj Bommai had launched an emergency helpline number 112, in case the citizens want to report crimes related to police, fire, ambulance and other disasters.
