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July 2012
Ashok Leyland bags Bangla order
for 50 vestibule buses
Ashok Leyland has bagged an or-
der for 50 vestibule buses from the
Bangladesh Road Transport Corpo-
ration (BRTC) under the Indian line
of credit (LoC) scheme offered for
improvement of urban transporta-
tion in that country. Worth $6 mil-
lion, this represents the company’s
first order for such buses from an
overseas market.
An agreement to this effect was
recently signed by the BRTC Chair-
man, and Mr. Antony Lobo, Special
Director - International Operations,
Ashok Leyland, at Dhaka.
Commenting on winning the
Bangla order, Mr. Vinod K Dasari,
Managing Director, Ashok Ley-
land, said: “This represents an im-
portant step towards achieving our
vision to be globally among
the Top 10 Truck and Top 5
Bus manufacturers. We were
the first to introduce vestibule
buses in India and are now
excited about introducing
this vehicle in Bangladesh
and help take urban transpor-
tation there to a new level in
partnership with BRTC.”
Over the years, the com-
pany has exported more
than 9,500 vehicles of dif-
ferent models to Bangladesh
through its sole dealer, Ifad
Autos Ltd.
Last year, Ashok Leyland
had bagged the single largest
order for 290 double-decker
buses worth $23.3 million
vehicle zone
Meanwhile, the company has supplied 100 ‘Falcon’
buses to Ghana. These vehicles were inducted into the
fleet of Metro Mass Transit Ltd., in which the Govern-
ment of Ghana has 45 per cent stake, for both inter and
intra-city applications on 360 routes throughout that
country.
The buses were recently handed over to Mr. John Dra-
mani Mahama, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana,
by Mr. Arijit Dutta Chowdhury, RM -SEWA, Ashok
Leyland, at Accra in the presence of Mr. Rajinder Bhagat,
Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mrs. Dzifa Aku At-
tivor, Deputy Minister for Transport, and other dignitar-
ies from Ghana.
Falcon buses for Ghana