The Hindu Business Line : Delhi drivers to get training from Leyland

Mr R. Seshasayee, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland (left), exchanging documents with Mr Rajeev Talwar, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Transport, Delhi, after signing an agreement for setting up a driver training institute at Burari in the presence of the Ms Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister, and Mr Haroon Yusuf, Minister for Transport, in the Capital on Thursday. — Ramesh Sharma

New Delhi , Sept. 2

IN an effort to make the Capital's roads safer, the Delhi Government on Thursday signed an agreement with Ashok Leyland for setting up a training institute for drivers of heavy vehicles.

The joint venture institute, for which the agreement was signed by the Delhi Transport Secretary, Mr Rajeev Talwar, and the Ashok Leyland Managing Director, Mr R. Seshasayee, here, will operate at the infrastructure already created by the Government on an eight-acre plot at Burari.

The training school, to be set up a cost of Rs 3 crore, is expected to start functioning in the next six to seven months.

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