![]() Tata Motors had announced formation of a 51:49 joint venture company with Marcopolo to build buses for domestic market as well as for export to Africa and the Far East. The Dharwad manufacturing plant will integrate all other plants across India and will have a capacity of 100 buses per day. The Dharwad plant is expected to commence production very soon. The plant is expected to produce about 2,000 buses in the current financial year. 325 crores, has an annual capacity of 30,000 vehicles. The Dharwad plant, set up at an investment of Rs. The second plant, which is the largest facility, is coming up in Dharwad in Karnataka. The buses supplied to DTC in Delhi and to Bangalore have been manufactured at the Lucknow plant. The first plant is at Lucknow, which is currently operational. The door has a security mechanism that makes it pull back when a person is entering or exiting,’’ said Lusier Grochot, CEO of Tata Marcopolo Motors. There are three destination boards – two outside and one inside – along with a recorded announcement of bus stops. There is a ramp for the handicapped and a wheelchair-lock inside. They can seat 35 and have features like air curtains that do not allow heat loss when the bus stops. “The Marcopolos deployed in Bangalore are low-floor, A/C buses specially designed for city roads. Based on the performance of the Tata buses and the feedback from users, BMTC, with a large fleet of Volvo city buses, will be placing more orders. ![]() ![]() ![]() BMTC is in the process of phasing out and replacing over 1,000 buses by the close of the financial year. The low chassis, rear-engine buses would be on a trial run for three to six months. The two buses have been built at Tata Marcopolo’s plant in Lucknow. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has introduced two low-floor air-conditioned Tata Marcopolo buses in Bangalore city on a trial basis. ![]()
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