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With no signal on cell, Kavalan app comes to rescue of trapped techie
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:06.02.2020
For Mallika, the 20 minutes she spent trapped inside a restroom at a star hotel in Nungambakkam appeared like a lifetime. Unable to open the door and stuck inside with no cellphone reception, the techie had no idea of how to reach the hotel authorities. Only then did she realize she had the Kavalan SoS app on her mobile phone. A click on the red button and she was connected to the city police control room. A police team reached the hotel within two minutes to assist her, she narrates.
“It was 11am, and it was a small room. I tried to keep my cool for two minutes. But I panicked the moment I realised something was wrong with the lock,” said Mallika, the victim.
The lock on the door was jammed and the hotel management had no clue of her ordeal until a sub-inspector from Nungambakkam approached them. After a 10-minute struggle to try to open the door, they had to break open the lock to rescue the woman.
“I tried calling out for help, but realized the hotel staff wouldn’t be able to hear it as the restroom was a isolated corner,” says Mallika. “That I had the Kavalan app struck me suddenly, and I used the SOS feature. I was surprised by the superquick response.” This was the first time she used the app in the six months she had it on her phone. “It is nice that cops help you even in such emergency situations,” she said.
More than 1 million users in Tamil Nadu have downloaded the Kavalan app. As per data provided by police, Chennai tops with about 1.60 lakh users, followed by Coimbatore district.
With no signal on cell, Kavalan app comes to rescue of trapped techie
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:06.02.2020
For Mallika, the 20 minutes she spent trapped inside a restroom at a star hotel in Nungambakkam appeared like a lifetime. Unable to open the door and stuck inside with no cellphone reception, the techie had no idea of how to reach the hotel authorities. Only then did she realize she had the Kavalan SoS app on her mobile phone. A click on the red button and she was connected to the city police control room. A police team reached the hotel within two minutes to assist her, she narrates.
“It was 11am, and it was a small room. I tried to keep my cool for two minutes. But I panicked the moment I realised something was wrong with the lock,” said Mallika, the victim.
The lock on the door was jammed and the hotel management had no clue of her ordeal until a sub-inspector from Nungambakkam approached them. After a 10-minute struggle to try to open the door, they had to break open the lock to rescue the woman.
“I tried calling out for help, but realized the hotel staff wouldn’t be able to hear it as the restroom was a isolated corner,” says Mallika. “That I had the Kavalan app struck me suddenly, and I used the SOS feature. I was surprised by the superquick response.” This was the first time she used the app in the six months she had it on her phone. “It is nice that cops help you even in such emergency situations,” she said.
More than 1 million users in Tamil Nadu have downloaded the Kavalan app. As per data provided by police, Chennai tops with about 1.60 lakh users, followed by Coimbatore district.
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