{
  "id": 171529,
  "title": "Telangana rolls out AI-powered emergency number 112, slashes response time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/telangana-rolls-out-ai-powered-emergency-number-112-slashes-response",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-05T10:51:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-rolls-out-ai-powered-emergency-number-112-slashes-response-time/article71308963.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Telangana has launched an AI-powered emergency response system, with the aim of making assistance faster and more coordinated for citizens dialing the 112 number. The Next-Generation Dial 112 platform, inaugurated by the Director-General of Police, integrates police, fire services, ambulances, women safety, child protection, and disaster response under a single national emergency number. By utilizing AI, location-based services, and Google Maps, the system accurately identifies the caller's location and prioritizes genuine emergencies, dispatching the nearest patrol vehicle from a fleet of 1,860 digitally integrated vehicles across all 31 police units. The backend has been updated to modern SIP-based infrastructure, supporting 900 communication channels and real-time dashboards for performance tracking. The new system has significantly reduced processing times, cutting the total call-centre processing time by nearly 30 percent, from 190 to 133 seconds.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}