Bhagwant Mann flags off 410 hi-tech vehicles for policing

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday said that in order to provide efficient, responsive and effective Policing the state government is upgrading the Punjab Police on modern lines.

Addressing the gathering before flagging off the 410 new vehicles, the Chief Minister said that for the first time new vehicles are being given to the SHOs. He said that this is contrary to earlier trend when the new vehicles were given to the top officers instead of those at grassroot level.

Bhagwant Singh Mann said that SHOs are the real face of the Punjab police as they are directly connected with people.

The Chief Minister said that to check the fatality rate due to road accidents in the state on one hand and to streamline the movement of traffic on the roads of the state on the other, the state government has launched Sadak Surakhya Force.

He said that the first of its kind specialized force is acting as a pivotal to save several precious lives that are lost in road accidents daily in Punjab and this force has been entrusted with the task of checking rash driving, streamlining vehicular movement on roads and others to check the road accidents.

Bhagwant Singh Mann said that initially 129 vehicles equipped with ultra modern gadgets have been deployed after every 30 kilometres to man the roads and these vehicles will also have a complete medical kit for providing emergency treatment to any person in need.