Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has signed an initial pact with Baidyanath LNG Private for the deployment of 500 LNG trucks, a move which would help in developing green trucking routes and scaling up the LNG Corridor in India. As part of this joint collaboration, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari flagged off Eicher Pro 6055 LNG trucks at the Baidyanath LNG Private Limited’s newly-inaugurated facility in Nagpur.
The facility inaugurated by Gadkari, is the third LNG facility by LNG Baidyanath in the city. In 2021, the 104-year-old Ayurveda brand Baidyanath launched the country’s first private Liquified natural gas (LNG) station in Nagpur. Under terms of the initial pact, which will be further detailed in definitive agreements, the creation of the LNG fleet will facilitate the development of the LNG station network across various strategic locations in Central India.