Last Updated: 29 September 2026

-- 31 March 2026: 508 Emergency Response Vehicles for Dial-112 across all 28 police districts; target: police help within 6 minutes^[1]
-- 03 April 2025: 139 New Vehicles for the Police stations^[2]
-- 28 Feb 2024: Flagged off 410 hi-tech new vehicles for SHOs^[3]
-- 23 May 2023: Flagged off 98 Emergency response vehicles^[4]

First time all SHOs of 455 police stations have new vehicles^[2:1]

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

¶ More New Vehicles & Modernisation in Pipeline^[5]

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^[5:1]

• 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^[4:1]
• Live location of these Emergency Response Vehicles will be available at Dial 112 Control Room (PSAP) and District Coordinator Centre^[4:2]

¶ Infra Upgrade^[5:2]

• 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:

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1. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=219165 (Punjab Govt Press Release) ↩︎

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

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

4. 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 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

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