The spent over Rs 67 crore of taxpayers Money, purchasing 536 vehicles for various government departments between 2018 and 2022.
A large chunk of the expenditure Rs 29.3 crore (43%) was incurred by the directorate of fire and emergency Services on 22 vehicles, including quick response fire tenders, multipurpose fire tenders, quick response vehicles, motorcycle response units and water tankers. The department also purchased a man turntable ladder truck costing over Rs 6.7 crore.
The Police department purchased the highest number of vehicles i.e. 239, including two- and four-wheelers, incurring the second highest expenditure among all departments of over Rs 13 crore.