Gunning For Growth

GRD bus body builders is banking high upon its newly commissioned facility

- Anirudh Raheja

With bus body regulations now in place, Indian bus industry is fast progressing towards more safety for all. Where it led to some bus body builders go out of action, some increased their pace for sustainable business. Delhi based Guru Ram Dass (GRD) bus body builders is a part of the latter lot.  It has been less than year of commissioning their new plant in Bahalgarh, in Sonipat near Delhi, the company is already developing buses from nine to 12 m range from its new facility and has already delivered 150 buses. As the demand for comfortable journey is picking up steam, GRD is gunning for all round growth with its newly embarked facility that spans across 20,000 sq.m. The bus body builder is lately busy building capacities for better traction and develop sustainable infrastructure to cater higher demand. Looking at a increased performance GRD is aiming at doubled up production in next one year. “From current annual capacity of 150 buses, we will double up our manufacturing capacities to roll out 300 buses annually by FY19” underscores Mayank Kukreja, CEO, GRD body builders. GRD has recently delivered 12 buses named ‘G-Dolphino’ built on Bharat Benz 12m chassis to various customers across India including Ratnagiri Transport, Sixty KMPH travel service, Satkar travels, Punja Sahib transport, Aroda Travel line. According to Kukreja, already five more G-Dolphino buses are in pipeline that will be delivered over the next two months.