New Delhi, April 1 -- Punjab has added 508 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) to its police fleet as part of efforts to improve emergency response systems and strengthen law enforcement infrastructure, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Tuesday.

The vehicles, deployed under the Dial-112 system across 28 police districts, are equipped with GPS tracking, mobile data systems and communication tools to enable faster response to distress calls.

The Chief Minister said the state aims to reduce response time to single-digit minutes, building on improvements that have already brought average response time down to about 13-14 minutes from 30-45 minutes earlier.

Punjab has invested Rs.327.70 crore in police vehicles over the past four years, s...