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Ashok Leyland secures order from Tamil Nadu for 2850 buses

Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja flagship, announced that they have secured an order for 2,850 buses from the Institute for Road Transport 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.

Mr Rajive Saharia executive director marketing of Ashok Leyland said that "The key aspect of this order is that it reflects the trust reposed in us by such an esteemed customer and represents almost 95% of the entire requirement of buses for the state."

He added that "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."

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.