142 vehicles for the CM, 7 for crisis management

A recent poll reveals that bureaucracy, ministers, advisors and task forces in Punjab are using a total of 6,000 vehicles.

According to a transport poll of the services and general administration department, the agriculture department is using 829 vehicles. The irrigation department is using 747 vehicles, while housing and physical planning is using 490. Chief minister secretariat is using 142 vehicles and the chief minister's inspection team has 14 vehicles in use. Relief and crisis management is  using the least number of vehicles, standing at seven.

The Punjab government has to spend two billion rupees annually on the maintenance of these vehicles.