LAHORE: The Punjab government is all set to purchase 520 new vehicles worth Rs 600 million as a summary has been forwarded to the provincial sub-cabinet committee despite objections raised by Planning and Development (P&D) Department. According to details, the Punjab Agriculture Department would acquire 500 vehicles, including 341 Suzuki vans and 169 single cabin vehicles. Five vehicles worth Rs 10 million would be purchased for Southern Punjab Forest Company, whereas 4 vehicles worth Rs 9.05 million would be acquired for the Punjab Public-Private Partnership Cell. Three new vehicles would be granted to the Punjab Resource Management and 8 to Multiple Index Cluster Survey. Similarly, a van would be purchased for Monitoring and Evaluation Department whereas a vehicle would be awarded to the Nutrition Cell. Published in Daily Times, July 20th , 2017.