Transport

Transport

Fastest 100 in loco production

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, which produced 100 electric locomotives in 97 working days in 2019-20 setting a world record, has once again succeeded to dispatch another 100 electric locos in 102 working days in 2020-21, despite the restrictions and lockdowns related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 100th loco (WAG9HC) was flagged off on Sept 8, 2020.

Longest train on Indian Railways

Indian Railways operated a 2.8 km long freight train, 'SheshNaag', from Nagpur to Korba in the South East Central Railway zone on July 2, 2020. It had a total of 251 wagons, pulled by four electric locomotives.

Largest tractor servicing campaign in a day

Pardeep Singh, Assistant Area Manager-Customer Care, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Ltd, in association with M&M dealer Akhand Pratap Singh’s Gautam Tractors, Bhinga organized the largest tractor servicing campaign in which a team of 90 workers completed the task of servicing 648 tractors as per the standard service checklist in 9 hr 15 min from 8.05 am on Oct 29, 2017. The event was held at Junior High School, Dahana, Bhinga, Shrawasti, UP.

World’s highest motorable road

The 86 km long road passing through Umlingla Top at a height of over 19,300 feet in Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir, India is currently the highest motorable road in the world. Constructed under ‘Project Himank’ of the Border Roads Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, the new strategic road connects Chisumle and Demchok villages situated near the Indo-China border. The construction, a task filled with life-threatening challenges, was completed by the end of October 2017.

First woman fighter pilots

Flying Officers Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh became the first woman fighter pilots of India as they were inducted for the first time in Indian Air Force fighter squadron on June 18, 2016. After successful completion of the challenges and rigours of the training schedule, this first batch of three flew Hawk advanced jet trainers before flying supersonic fighters.

First two-wheeled propeller shaft driven all-wheel drive motorcycle

Ruzbeh Gav Master of Nanpura, Surat, Gujarat successfully made the world’s first two-wheeled propeller shaft driven all-wheel drive motorcycle in over 17 months completing it by November 2017. The 258 cm long 108 cm wide and 108 cm high prototype features a hub-centric steering mechanism and can manoeuvre in reverse for better manoeuvrability increasing in final drive power ratio. It uses a Maruti 800 cc 4-stroke 37 hp engine with 5-gear transmission including reverse. The front & rear suspension, steering and drive systems are patented.

Holding Most Driving Licences

Sreeraj Rajan of Asramam, Kollam, Kerala, currently based in Kuwait, holds four valid driving licences issued to him in India, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait as on August 15, 2018. He also obtained a renewable International Licence on March 17, 2017, which takes his total to five.

Largest tractor driver training session for women

The world’s largest tractor driver training programme for women, with 252 women getting behind the wheel, was successfully conducted at Gurdeen Kheda, Jajamau in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm on June 24, 2018. The event, intended to be a step towards empowerment of rural women, was organised by Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Customer Care Manager Mandeep Kaur in association with M&M dealership Hindustan Mill Stores, Bangarmau.

First diesel-to-electric converted locomotive in service

For the first time in the world, Indian Railways achieved conversion of diesel locomotive into electric locomotive at its Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) facility in Varanasi, UP on Feb 28, 2018 and on Feb 19, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first such converted 10000 hp electric loco in regular operation from Varanasi.

World’s largest parade of buses

The world’s largest parade of buses was achieved by the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) in India as 500 special Kumbh Mela buses went on parade on a 3.2 km stretch in Prayagraj (previously Allahabad), UP on Feb 28, 2019. They broke the previous world record of 390 buses on parade held in Abu Dhabi.

First brand to imprint its name on the map of India using GPS art

Maruti Suzuki Swift, produced by Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), is the only car brand in the country to have used GPS art to celebrate its hat-trick Indian Car Of The Year (ICOTY) award and imprint ‘SWIFT’ on the map of India by way of completing the SWIFT ICOTY DRIVE 2019, a first-of-its-kind campaign in which five Swift cars covered 7,280 km across 125 cities in 7 days from Feb 15-21, 2019

First brand to imprint its name on the map of India using GPS art

Maruti Suzuki Swift, produced by Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), is the only car brand in the country to have used GPS art to celebrate its hat-trick Indian Car Of The Year (ICOTY) award and imprint ‘SWIFT’ on the map of India by way of completing the SWIFT ICOTY DRIVE 2019, a first-of-its-kind campaign in which five Swift cars covered 7,280 km across 125 cities in 7 days from Feb 15-21, 2019.

Most tractors serviced in a day by a single dealership

The world’s largest tractor servicing campaign under single dealership in a day was successfully organized by Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) Ltd, Chennai in association with dealership Vijayshree Motors Tractor Division, Hospet, Karnataka at Hagaribommanahalli, Hospet on Sept 12, 2019. They serviced 700 tractors in just 9 hr 05 min from 8.40 am on the day.
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