Articles by: Ashish Bhatia

New fire ladder boosts Mumbai’s fire fighting prowess

New fire ladder boosts Mumbai’s fire fighting prowess

Article by: Rajesh Rajgor Story by : Rajesh Rajgor   Mumbai’s new 90 m fire ladder is all set to tackle an untoward incident of a fire in a high rise. A massive fire broke out at the 22nd floor of a high rise at Andheri last year. There were no casualties in the blaze on the 21st floor that[Read More…]

by October 3, 2015 Domestic
Growing clout of AMTs

Growing clout of AMTs

Article by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Story by : Bhushan Mhapralkar Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) is set to make life easier for an Indian commercial vehicle driver. There’s is little doubt that an AMT will make life easier for an Indian commercial vehicle driver. It already is, though the penetration of AMT is not high yet. With an ability to replace manual transmission[Read More…]

by October 3, 2015 Domestic
Special application CVs

Special application CVs

Article by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Commercial vehicles find favour with special applications that make the fire brigades, airports, armed forces function smoothly and efficiently. Mumbai Fire Brigade has added a 90 m fire ladder to its fleet of special application trucks, which include fire tenders and crane trucks among others. The new fire ladder, procured from Finland-based Bronto Skylift Oy Ab,[Read More…]

by September 16, 2015 Cover Stories

JCB India to supply its ‘ecoMAX’ engines to TPS Infrastructure

JCB India Limited announced its firstlandmark deal to supply 250 JCB “ecoMAX” engines annually to TPS Infrastructure, a leading engineering equipment manufacturer in India.   TPS based in New Delhimanufactures a range of engineering equipment for applications ranging from pollution control, municipal solid waste and special purpose mobile & bulk transportation.   Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Virender Oberoi, Managing[Read More…]

by September 16, 2015 News