Ashok Leyland bags large bus order
IRT- Nodal Agency for Vehicle Procurement for Tamil Nadu orders 2,850 buses for its seven STUs.
By Autocar Pro News Desk
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India’s second largest truck & bus maker Ashok Leyland has bagged an order for 2,850 buses from the Institute for 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.
This order for 2,850 buses is from across the seven STUs in the state namely MTC, SETC and the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations of Villupuram, Salem, Coimbatore, Kumbakonam and Madurai.
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