Mumbai, 26 Feb (HS): A

total of 1290 new vehicles were made available to Mumbai Police to facilitate

action in emergencies recorded pon phone numbers 100 or 112. The vehicles were

flagged off by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at Murli Devra Square, Nariman

Point in Mumbai.

Minister of State for Home Affairs (Urban) Yogesh

Kadam, Police Commissioner Devan Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner S Jaykumar

and senior police officers were present.

The vehicles include 633 four-wheelers and 657

two-wheelers. The existing time of response by police is 5.30 minutes, which

would be reduced by the addition of new vehicles.

Mumbai Police has 90 police stations under it. Four

Scorpio, one Armenia and five two-wheelers will be given to each police

station. The four-wheelers are equipped with GPS system, Data Terminal and

Vehicle Tracking systems.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar