LANGUAGE & ACCESS
Designed for the local context
Primary presentation languages: Tamil, English, Telugu, Malayalam.
Aurora only states a helpline's spoken-language availability when the responsible authority confirms it.
INDIA · PUDUCHERRY
One Union Territory, four separated regions.
Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam are not one continuous geography. Aurora keeps the common emergency front door visible while preserving the police, disaster and legal-services structures that change by region or district.
LOCAL CONTEXT
How support works in Puducherry
Puducherry is a single Union Territory made up of geographically separated regions: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. A service physically located in Puducherry city may be hundreds of kilometres from a user in an outlying region. Aurora therefore uses UT-wide emergency routes first and resolves region or district before recommending local police, disaster-management or legal-services destinations.
ROUTING
What is different here
Puducherry Police publishes 112 as the permanent 24x7 emergency route and maintains distinct contact structures for Puducherry District, Karaikal District, Mahe Region and Yanam Region.
PSDMA publishes 1070 for State Level Disaster Emergency and 1077 for District Level Disaster Emergency, and separately links disaster-management operations for Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam.
The coastal geography is operationally relevant: Puducherry Police publishes 1093 as its Coastal Security helpline.
UTPLSA has separate DLSAs for Puducherry and Karaikal and records regional legal-aid arrangements for Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam; legal-aid routing should therefore use the user's region before suggesting an in-person office.
TRUST BOUNDARY
What Aurora will not assume
Aurora will not treat Puducherry city as the default local destination for Karaikal, Mahe or Yanam.
A police station, district control room or legal-services office is not copied from one separated region to another.
Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam relevance changes across the Union Territory. Aurora preserves the registry language profile but does not infer which languages an individual emergency operator speaks.
Current institutional routes are preferred over named-official contacts because office holders and personal numbers are more volatile.
SOURCE-REVIEWED SUPPORT
Current Puducherry routes
For immediate danger, Dial 112. Disaster response distinguishes state-level 1070 from district-level 1077. Local police and legal-service destinations are resolved by region rather than defaulting every user to Puducherry city.
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Puducherry emergency response
Puducherry Police publishes 112 as the permanent 24x7 emergency route and also publishes 100 for police assistance. The police directory separates Puducherry District, Karaikal District, Mahe Region and Yanam Region rather than treating Puducherry city as the local police answer for the whole Union Territory.
If danger may be immediate: this is an emergency route. A phone action opens your device's dialler; Aurora does not place or record the call.
EmergencyCall 112
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You can still cancel before the call connects.
PoliceCall 100
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You can still cancel before the call connects.
Puducherry PoliceOpen Puducherry Police ↗
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The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
Police contact directoryOpen Police contact directory ↗
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The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
Aurora resolves region or district before presenting local police contacts. Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam are geographically separated and their local police structures are not interchangeable.
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Women and child support
The current Puducherry Police portal publishes 181 for Women Helpline and 1098 for Child Helpline. Dial 112 remains the urgent route where there is immediate danger.
Read these details before deciding. Opening a number or external service does not send your story to Aurora or create an Aurora account.
Women HelplineCall 181
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You decide whether to continue.
Child HelplineCall 1098
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You decide whether to continue.
Puducherry PoliceOpen Puducherry Police ↗
What happens if I choose this?
The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
For immediate danger Aurora keeps 112 visible rather than treating a specialist helpline as the sole emergency route.
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Coastal security and cyber-fraud routes
Puducherry Police publishes 1093 for Coastal Security and 1930 for Cyber Fraud. Coastal routing is particularly relevant to this Union Territory's separated coastal regions; these specialist lines do not replace 112 for immediate danger.
Read these details before deciding. Opening a number or external service does not send your story to Aurora or create an Aurora account.
Coastal SecurityCall 1093
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You decide whether to continue.
Cyber FraudCall 1930
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You decide whether to continue.
Puducherry PoliceOpen Puducherry Police ↗
What happens if I choose this?
The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
These are specialist routes. In an immediate emergency use 112.
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State and district disaster routing
PSDMA publishes 112 for Emergency Response Support, 1070 for State Level Disaster Emergency and 1077 for District Level Disaster Emergency. Its current portal separately links disaster-management operations for Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, so Aurora preserves regional routing instead of treating Puducherry district as the entire Union Territory.
If danger may be immediate: this is an emergency route. A phone action opens your device's dialler; Aurora does not place or record the call.
Emergency Response SupportCall 112
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You can still cancel before the call connects.
State Level Disaster EmergencyCall 1070
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You can still cancel before the call connects.
District Level Disaster EmergencyCall 1077
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You can still cancel before the call connects.
Puducherry State Disaster Management AuthorityOpen Puducherry State Disaster Management Authority ↗
What happens if I choose this?
The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
PSDMA's current portal covers cyclone, flood, tsunami, fire, earthquake and heat-wave risks and explicitly links Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam disaster management. Direct local contacts remain scoped to the responsible region or district.
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Puducherry legal aid
UTPLSA provides free legal-aid access across the Union Territory. Its current structure includes separate DLSAs for Puducherry and Karaikal and historically constituted regional legal-aid arrangements for the outlying areas of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. Aurora therefore resolves location before suggesting an in-person legal-services destination.
Read these details before deciding. Opening a number or external service does not send your story to Aurora or create an Aurora account.
UTPLSA officeCall 0413-2224658
What happens if I choose this?
Your device opens its phone dialler with this number ready. Aurora does not place, listen to or record the call. You decide whether to continue.
UT Puducherry Legal Services AuthorityOpen UT Puducherry Legal Services Authority ↗
What happens if I choose this?
The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
DLSA PuducherryOpen DLSA Puducherry ↗
What happens if I choose this?
The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
DLSA KaraikalOpen DLSA Karaikal ↗
What happens if I choose this?
The official service website opens in a new tab. Aurora does not send your story, account details or support choices with you.
The UTPLSA website was current in September 2026 and lists separate Puducherry and Karaikal DLSA offices. Aurora does not direct a Mahe or Yanam user to Puducherry city merely because the UT-level authority is headquartered there; current regional arrangements should be checked first.
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