Chennai, Sep (EPC News): Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja flagship, has bagged an order for 2850 buses from the Institute of Road Transport (IRT), the nodal agency for procurement of vehicles for the state of Tamil Nadu.
The order includes a requirement from MTC for 150 vehicles conforming to BS IV emission norms and is the very first such order to be received from a State Transport Undertaking. The order represents almost 95% of the entire requirement of the buses for the state, says Rajive Saharia, Executive Director - Marketing, Ashok Leyland.
"While on one hand, it goes a long way in consolidating our market leadership status in the bus segment both in India and more particularly, in Tamil Nadu, it also reveals our readiness to address the more stringent emission norms that are expected to come into effect in October 2010," he adds.
The order for 2850 buses comes from seven STUs in the state namely MTC, SETC and the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations of Villupuram, Salem, Coimbatore, Kumbakonam and Madurai.
EPC News Bureau
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