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The metropolis constabulary person directed cab and autorickshaw aggregator apps to integrate the provender of their SoS buttons into the metropolis police’s bid centre truthful that they could respond immediately.
This was revealed by Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh during #THTalksBengaluru, The Hindu’s interactive programme wherever helium answered readers' questions connected Monday.
“Presently, if a rider is successful occupation and presses the SoS button, it sends an alert to the aggregator, who volition person to yet alert us. Instead, we person asked them to tweak their apps successful collaboration with our exertion partners to guarantee immoderate rider pressing an SoS fastener volition nonstop an alarm to our bid centre arsenic well. This way, we bash not discarded time,” Mr. Singh said.
He said that the constabulary would soon mandate a sticker with the constabulary helpline 112 and a QR codification to instrumentality them to the KSP app.
“By logging into the app, the rider tin travel connected a video telephone with a responder astatine the bid centre. In immoderate situations, the passengers whitethorn not beryllium successful a presumption to adjacent speak. Even then, we volition get to cognize of the situation and the menace faced by the passenger,” Mr. Singh said.
These stickers volition person to beryllium stuck down the beforehand seats successful some cabs and autorickshaws, helium said.
No parking zones
Meanwhile, the Bengaluru Traffic Police are besides moving to integrate ‘No Parking zones’ crossed the metropolis into the cab and autorickshaw aggregator apps. “When this is done, a operator is sent an alert erstwhile helium is parking successful a ‘No Parking zone’. The postulation constabulary volition besides get an alert if a cab is parked successful specified a zone,” helium said.
“We person met with representatives of the aggregator platforms, and they person agreed for these integrations with their platforms,” Mr. Singh said.
