Three digit highway helpline number soon

Taking note of the high road accident deaths on the country's expanding highway network, two union ministries have decided to operate a common three-digit emergency number across the country that people in need can call from any phone.
The Ministry of Health, collaborating on the project with the ministry of of Road Transport and Highways, is said to have already written to the telecom department for allocation of the number. To be modelled on the American emergency services system, the plan comes soon after the two ministries started close collaboration earlier this year on an integrated trauma care system.
The proposed line will apply to road accidents, suicides, snake bites, injuries and even theft on the highways. An ambulance fleet working with the help of geographic information system (GIS) will operate through the project corridors and enable quicker access to the accident site.