Vijayvada: Theirs is an emergency service that is on call 24 hours. Dial toll-free 108 in case of an emergency. Calls can be made from urban, rural and tribal areas. The response time taken by 108 is 18 minutes in an urban area, 21.41 minutes for help to reach a rural area and 27 minutes to reach a tribal area. Emergency staff manning 108 attend 725 pregnancy calls, and about 220 accident calls on an average in a month. There are 439 vehicles, and 2,200 staff working round the clock for this service. |
