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Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland will supply 700 cluster CNG buses to New Delhi.
The initial lot of 50 buses (BS 4) were flagged off by the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, to ply in identified clusters in the city. The remaining semi-low buses with front-engine buses will be supplied in the coming months.
Following the Delhi Government's decision to award the 17 identified clusters (650 bus routes) of the city to private operators under the Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System, Ashok Leyland demonstrated the performance and cost benefits of the front engine, semi-low floor arrangement – a combination introduced by the company in 2006 in Mumbai.
This technology has helped Ashok Leyland win the contract from A.B. Grain Private Ltd, said a statement from Ashok Leyland. A B Grain is a professionally managed company which has been awarded the contract to run semi-low floor buses in clusters 3, 4 and 5 by the Government this year.
The fully-built buses are being manufactured at Ashok Leyland's Alwar plant in Rajasthan. Delivery would be done in a phased manner.
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