Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has inaugurated Pakistan’s first Green Policing Unit, which has introduced the country’s first electric patrol vehicle for police operations. Officials say the move will help reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. With this initiative, Punjab is the first province to deploy electric vehicles for police patrols. During the opening ceremony, the Chief Minister separately inspected a petrol car and personally drove it.
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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was briefed about the Green Police Unit and various aspects of the electrical initiative. Officials said that the latest BYD electric vehicles will also be used for traffic management and routine patrolling in Lahore. According to the briefing, the electric petrol vehicle has a driving range of up to 410 kilometres on a single charge and can be fast-charged from 30 to 80 per cent in about 30 minutes. The new police vehicles here are equipped with public address systems, police lights, 360-degree surveillance cameras, and speed detection devices.
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The representative informed the Chief Minister that at that time, 103 conventional patrol vehicles were consuming approximately 28,000 litres of petrol per month, which cost approximately Rs 7.42 million. The use of these new electric vehicles is expected to save approximately 4,500 litres of fuel per day, significantly reduce operating costs, and ensure zero carbon emissions. Maryam Nawaz directed that the number of separate vehicles in the Green Policing Unit be gradually increased and ordered steps to be taken to implement this initiative in a phased manner in other districts. She said that using electric vehicles would help curb costs and promote zero carbon emissions.
