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Last Updated: 8 April 2025

-- 03 April 2025: 139 New Vehicles for the Police stations[1]
-- 28 Feb 2024: Flagged off 410 hi-tech new vehicles for SHOs[2]
-- 23 May 2023: Flagged off 98 Emergency response vehicles[3]

First time all SHOs of 455 police stations have new vehicles[1:1]

Earlier new vehicles were given to only top officers[1:2]

More New Vehicles & Modernisation in Pipeline[4]

First time in the history of Punjab Police that Rs 150 crore have been spent on the purchase of vehicles in a single financial year[4:1]

  • 1,195 vehicles that have completed 15 years of life are being scraped

  • New vehicles are being purchased in place of these condemned vehicles

    • First phase: 508 vehicles are being purchased at a cost of Rs 94.15 crore
    • Second phase: 851 vehicles will be purchased in FY 2024-25 at a cost of Rs 75.42 crore
  • Rs 426 crore are being spent to modernise and strengthen the Punjab Police infrastructure

  • 2 new police stations notified — Kartarpur Corridor and IT City Mohali

    • A tender has been floated for the construction of the Kartarpur Corridor police station

Details

  • To provide efficient, responsive and effective Policing the state government is upgrading the Punjab Police on modern lines
  • ERVs equipped with Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) and Global Positioning System (GPS), will be the first responders to a crime scene and will be deployed under police stations in all 28 police districts in the state[3:1]
  • Live location of these Emergency Response Vehicles will be available at Dial 112 Control Room (PSAP) and District Coordinator Centre[3:2]

Infra Upgrade[4:2]

  • Rs 40 crore to Punjab Police to strengthen the security of the border areas
    • Rs 10 crore has been given for the renovation of police stations
    • Rs 10 crore for the purchase of modern vehicles
  • Rs 80 crore sanctioned for strengthening the structure of police counter-intelligence
  • Rs 30 crore for the cybercrime structure

References:


  1. https://yespunjab.com/equipping-punjab-police-with-state-of-art-infrastrcture-to-effectively-cope-up-with-crime-cm-mann/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=179922 ↩︎

  3. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-cm-launches-98-ervs-with-gps-and-mdts-to-modernize-policing-and-provide-prompt-emergency-services-101684857624578.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/410-hi-tech-vehicles-flagged-off-to-enhance-efficiency-of-punjab-police-595457 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

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