Ashok Leyland struck an agreement with the government of Uttar Pradesh to establish an integrated commercial vehicle bus facility focused on green mobility.

The MoU was signed by Manoj Kumar Singh, the government of Uttar Pradesh's infrastructure and industrial development commissioner, and Shenu Agarwal, the managing director and chief executive officer of Ashok Leyland.

Held in Lucknow, the event was attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Nand Gopal Gupta, minister for industrial development, Government of Uttar Pradesh, and Dheeraj Hinduja, chairman of Ashok Leyland.

Under this partnership, Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group, will focus on producing electric buses, assembling other vehicles powered by available fuels, and emerging alternative fuels.