VE Commercial vehicles (Volvo Group and Eicher Motors JV) did the ground- breaking ceremony of the upcoming Eicher bus manufacturing plant near Indore at Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.The plant is being set up with an investment of Rs 125 crore in the first phase and will commence production by the second quarter of 2013.The plant will have a capacity to produce 10,000 buses when fully operational.Apart from senior VECV executives, the occasion was also graced by VECV board members.

The multi-model bus manufacturing plant would produce light, medium and heavy duty buses including the rear engine semi low floor buses catering to the requirements of the school, staff, city and intercity segments.The plant would have robotic processes for bus painting and will be highly mechanised.