BEML bags ₹758-crore orders for high-mobility vehicles for Indian Army

Our Bureau Updated - January 05, 2021 at 09:10 PM.

A view from BEML Ltd, near Palakkad in Kerala. Mini-Ratna category-1 company under the Ministry of Defence first phase of the Kanjikode complex was set up at a cost of Rs.260 crore. It has been built on 375 acres handed over to the company by the State government out of 1,000 acres promised. The construction was completed in 15 months. the new complex of the BEML at Palakkad would be a dedicated centre for the manufacture of Defence equipment besides parts and accessories of rail and metro cars. Rail coach assemblies such as bogie frames, side walls, end walls, LHB aggregates and other rail parts and spares will also be manufactured at Kanjikode.Digital Picture ByK_K_Mustafah.18/05/2010

BEML, a defence public sector equipment manufacturer under the Ministry of Defence (MoD), has bagged ₹758 crore worth of orders from MoD for supply of high-mobility vehicles.

“The equipment will be manufactured at BEML’s Palakkad Plant in Kerala. BEML will supply the vehicles to the Indian Army in a span of a year,” the company said in a regulatory filing to exchanges.

The high-mobility vehicles will play a key role in the logistics management of the Army, leveraging its exceptional cross-country capabilities. The vehicles will enable armoured fighting vehicles, troops, ammunition and stores to be moved to far-flung, difficult terrains in operational areas.

Published on January 5, 2021 15:31