Small vehicles will replace SUVs to reduce the emergency response time of 112 in Uttar Pradesh

replacement will enable teams to reach overcrowded and narrow lanes quickly.

Smaller vehicles will replace 112 more large SUVs used by Uttar Pradesh emergency police to improve emergency response time and enable teams to reach overcrowded and narrow lanes quickly. There are times when police response vehicles lose valuable time in traffic problems due to their size and there are times when they themselves cause traffic congestion said Director-General of Police (112 services) Asim Arun. The 112 UP police service (which was 100 services) currently has an estimated 4,500 vehicles of which about 3,000 are four-wheeled SUVs and two-wheeled motorcycles remaining.

Arun said currently 15,000 to 16,000 events across the province are attended daily by emergency responders, while the number of emergency calls is much higher.

"Most of the time calls are coming from busy market events, crowded areas, narrow lanes and all such places where SUVs lose valuable time in traffic problems due to their size. Sometimes police vehicles themselves lead to traffic disruptions while responding to emergencies," he said. "We will soon be installing our small vehicles that are smaller in size than our SUVs so that they can travel more easily in these areas and the response time can be further improved," he said, adding details such as the type of vehicle and the number of vehicles currently in operation.

Arun said currently the average response time for UP police officers in urban areas is 7 to 8 minutes, and in rural areas, it is 15 to 20 minutes. In contrast to the response time in urban and rural areas, he said there are many events from urban areas where PRV referrals are also high, and the quickest response time in rural areas is because emergency calls are rare and rural areas are also isolated.

"We have a world-class response time," Arun said, adding that during the outbreak and closure, UP police emergency investigators often have 35,000 emergency calls daily.

"During the closure, 112 people exercised state power following instructions from the prime minister. Our PRVs donated dry food, cooked food, food for infants and new-borns and more. In many cases, PRV staff spent money in their pockets to help anxious callers while the world was facing this situation, "he added.