DoT announces women helpline number ‘167’

PTI Updated - March 12, 2018 at 03:46 PM.

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Admist nationwide uproar over brutal gang-rape of a paramedical student, the Telecom Ministry today announced a three-digit women helpline number ‘167’.

“For helping women in distress, Delhi Chief Minister requested (Telecom Minister) Kapil Sibal to allot a three digit phone number.

“Though DoT has limited resource in respect of three-digit numbers, yet within two hours of the request, a three-digit number ‘167’ has been allotted for Chief Minister’s helpline,” a statement from the Department of Telecom said.

This is the first three-digit number to have been allotted in two years.

Protests across the country are being seen demanding speedy justice to the accused in the Delhi gangrape case, where a 23-year-old paramedical student from Dehradun was alleged raped on Sunday night in a moving bus here.

Published on December 24, 2012 11:15