Patna Mar 25 PTI Emergency response number 112 will become operational in Bihar in the next financial year state Planning and Development Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said on FridayPeople can call the toll-free number for all emergency services including police fire and health he told the assembly while speaking on the budgetary demand of the Home DepartmentThe ERSS a pan-India single number 112 based emergency response system for citizens in emergencies will become operational in the state in the financial year 2022-23 he saidAfter operationalisation of the ERSS Emergency Response Support System all the emergency calls will be received and further diverted to related departments for swift help to distressed callers The ERSS centre will function 24 hours he saidThe ERSS project will be implemented in the state phase-wise starting with Patna a senior official of the Home Department later saidThe ERSS is a central project for emergency response It also provides funds to the states for it he saidMeanwhile the House witnessed an intense debate with RJD members opposing the allocation of additional funds to the Home Department in the financial year 2022-23After Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha declared the budgetary demand as passed by a voice vote RJD sought a division of votesRuling out a division the speaker said he will go for a headcount of those supporting and opposing it The speaker later announced that the demand has the support of 113 members while 60 opposed it PTI PKD SOM SOM