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DoT changes women helpline number to 181, to be operational from Dec 31

New Delhi, Dec 24 : Within hours of announcing ‘167' as women helpline number, the Telecom Ministry today changed it to ‘181' saying the new three-digit number was easier to remember.Amidst nationwide uproar over brutal

PTI PTI Updated on: December 24, 2012 20:25 IST
Indian women participate in a protest condemning the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a city bus late Sunday in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The Indian parliament Tuesday witnessed outrage over the issue even as the victim is battling for her life at a city hospital. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
“Though DoT has limited resource in respect of three-digit numbers, yet within two hours of the request, a three-digit number has been allotted for Chief Minister's helpline,” the statement said.

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






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