Ashok Leyland is setting up a passenger bus assembly unit at Model Industrial Park, Mallavalli Industrial Estate in Krishna dstrict of Andhra Pradesh. The unit will have a capacity to manufacture 4,800 buses per year.
The project will spread over 75 acre of land and also set up an electric vehicles development centre and a skill development centre. It will create employment opportunities for 5,000 people.
Apart from making the entire range of buses of Ashok Leyland, the facility will include an electric vehicle development centre comprising a futuristic conveyor line, pilot assembly line and prototype development. The company commenced construction of the assembly unit in April 2018.
As per the latest development available with Projects Today, the company has completed the machinery installation work on 1 March 2019.