By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The DIG, Sindh Reserve Police (SRP) Ghulam Asghar Sheikh has said that IG Sindh has approved more than Rs.2 million for maintenance work on SRP’s 56 vehicles including troop career buses, trucks, water tanks and police mobiles. He said that due to the dilapidated condition of vehicles the department requested IG Sindh to provide fund to repair the vehicles, as SRP could discharge its duty in an effective manner. DIG said that SRP’s mechanical staff had started repairing vehicles at its workshop and 10 vehicles had been repaired so far, which were now in running conditions. Lauding the role of SRP’s mechanical staff, he said the staff had posed their excellence skill regarding maintenance of vehicles within the cost 50 per cent less than market rate. He expressed his hoped that repairing work on other remaining vehicles would soon be completed. He said that SRP was discharging its security duty across Sindh and now, he added, their performance would increase with transport facility. He said that all necessary resources were being provided to SRP in order to enhance its performance making it more functional and effective. He disclosed that he had also formed a committee to supervise the maintenance work.