Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar flagged off 576 new vehicles for different Police stations and outposts in order to strengthen policing in the state.
A Home department official said the purchased 613 new vehicles in order to strengthen policing. Of the 613 vehicles, 576 have been supplied to the police department.
He said the state’s all 1,131 police stations and outposts currently have 2,010 government-owned vehicles, while 506 vehicles have been provided to police stations on rental basis. Thus, the state’s police stations and outposts currently have 2,516 vehicles. With addition of 528, the total number of vehicles available to all the 1,131 police stations and outposts will increase to 3,044.
Earlier, in FY 2018-19, the Bihar government had purchased 811 new vehicles for police. Again, in FY 2021-22, the state government purchased 400 new vehicles for the police department’s Emergency Response Support System.
As part of its drive to empower Women in the state police force, the Nitish Kumar-led government appointed altogether 54 ‘woman driver constables’ in the last six to seven years.