Calls to Delhi Commission for Women double after Truecaller app displays helpline number

Since the Truecaller app has started displaying Delhi Commission for Women's helpline number on its homepage, the numbers of calls received by the commission has doubled, a statement said on Wednesday.

On March 7, Truecaller App started displaying the women's safety helpline number — 181 — on its dialler, as part of its #ItsNotOK campaign on preventing crimes against women. As soon as the women's helpline 181 number was displayed on the homepage of the call blocking app, the Delhi Commission of Women, which runs the helpline, number saw a huge spike in the calls.

"Before integrating the Women's Helpline Number — 181 —with the Truecaller dialler, the Commission's women helpline 181 received around 2000 calls per day. Now it is receiving more than 4,000 calls per day," it said.