The Hindu Business Line : BEML rolls out wagons to move Army tanks

GENERAL J. JOGINDER SINGH, Chief of Army Staff, and Mr V.R.S. Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director, BEML, at the rolling out of military rail wagons to transport Army tanks in Bangalore on Saturday. — G.R.N. Somashekar

Bangalore , May 27

Bharat Earth Movers Ltd on Saturday rolled out the first batch of 29 flat military rail wagons meant to transport Army's tanks and other heavy equipment.

The 29 wagons are part of an Rs 55-crore Army order placed with BEML for 178 of these `milrail' wagons. The first batch was produced in record 12 months at the Bangalore complex, the BEML Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mr V.R.S. Natarajan, said.

The remaining 149 are awaiting wheel imports and would be completed in 2-3 months. The Chief of Army Staff, General J. Joginder Singh, who flagged off the first wagon, said the Army had placed with BEML total orders worth Rs 600 crore for this year for a range of high-mobility vehicles and other equipment. The Army would begin field trials of the indigenous main battle tank, Arjun, in a couple of months, he said.

The Rs 2,200-crore listed defence public enterprise gets roughly a third of its annual revenue from defence orders.

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