India Completes Delivery of 633 Military Vehicles to Zimbabwe

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Zimbabwe getting new vehicles for its military

Zimbabwe’s military is set to receive some of the 633 new vehicles ordered from India under a $50 million deal financed by the Exim Bank of India.

The Zimbabwe Independent reports that a large portion of the vehicles will go to the Zimbabwean army and include trucks, water cannons, busses and other vehicles.

The deal was signed last year with the vehicles supplied by Indian firm Ashok Leyland, which held a send-off ceremony for the first 90 vehicles in Mumbai, India, on 28 June. They were subsequently shipped to Durban where the landed last week, according to the Zimbabwe Independent. They will then travel to Zimbabwe via Mozambique. This first consignment included light commercial vehicles, medium duty vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances etc. The second batch comprises 155 vehicles, according to Daily Shipping Times.

Zimbabwe’s Tourism and Hospitality Industry ministry is the contracting party for the vehicles. The consignment bill describes the vehicles for “Ministry for Tourism and Hospitality activities, especially for promotion of domestic tourism, and supporting international tourism, disaster management, anti-poaching activities, peace missions and other related purposes”.

In addition to supplying the vehicles, Ashok Leyland has also been contracted to train Zimbabwean personnel in operation and maintenance of the vehicles.

Source:- Zimbabwe getting new vehicles for its military | defenceWeb

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Earlier Ashok Leyland won two large integrated transport projects in Tanzania and Zimbabwe worth a total of $79.2 million and bagged $82 million contract to supply 475 Buses to Senegal.

Ashok Leyland bags $79.2 million project in Tanzania, Zimbabwe - The Economic Times
Ashok Leyland Wins $82 Million Bus Contract from Senegal - NDTVProfit.com

 

[RazorMC]

India began industrialization early on and the results are paying off.

How are AL vehicles in terms of quality and reliability? I've seen commercial vehicles (mostly buses) here in the UAE and they don't look too reliable or too comfortable when compared to others.

 

[Echo_419]

Zimbabwe getting new vehicles for its military

Zimbabwe’s military is set to receive some of the 633 new vehicles ordered from India under a $50 million deal financed by the Exim Bank of India.

The Zimbabwe Independent reports that a large portion of the vehicles will go to the Zimbabwean army and include trucks, water cannons, busses and other vehicles.

The deal was signed last year with the vehicles supplied by Indian firm Ashok Leyland, which held a send-off ceremony for the first 90 vehicles in Mumbai, India, on 28 June. They were subsequently shipped to Durban where the landed last week, according to the Zimbabwe Independent. They will then travel to Zimbabwe via Mozambique. This first consignment included light commercial vehicles, medium duty vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances etc. The second batch comprises 155 vehicles, according to Daily Shipping Times.

Zimbabwe’s Tourism and Hospitality Industry ministry is the contracting party for the vehicles. The consignment bill describes the vehicles for “Ministry for Tourism and Hospitality activities, especially for promotion of domestic tourism, and supporting international tourism, disaster management, anti-poaching activities, peace missions and other related purposes”.

In addition to supplying the vehicles, Ashok Leyland has also been contracted to train Zimbabwean personnel in operation and maintenance of the vehicles.

Source:- Zimbabwe getting new vehicles for its military | defenceWeb

Great news EXIM bank should finance more such deals

India began industrialization early on and the results are paying off.

How are AL vehicles in terms of quality and reliability? I've seen commercial vehicles (mostly buses) here in the UAE and they don't look too reliable or too comfortable when compared to others.

We have just started this process of Industrialization & slowly our capability will match the world,also many of pur vehicles now match the quality of third western counter parts @Chanakya's_Chant can tell you more

 

[Indian Patriot]

How are AL vehicles in terms of quality and reliability? I've seen commercial vehicles (mostly buses) here in the UAE and they don't look too reliable or too comfortable when compared to others.

They are good.

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

Mahindra & Mahindra too recently won a bid to supply hundreds of 4x4 vehicles(Bolero varients) to Philippian police department.

We are slowly but surely beginning to realise and utilize our potential.

 

[nForce]

India began industrialization early on and the results are paying off.

How are AL vehicles in terms of quality and reliability? I've seen commercial vehicles (mostly buses) here in the UAE and they don't look too reliable or too comfortable when compared to others.

Ashok Leyland is major player in India in the bus & truck segment. It is the 4th largest manufacturer of buses in the World and claims to commute more passengers daily than the Indian railways, which is a lot!
They don't make premium quality buses like Volvo though.

 

[illusion8]

India would have got trillions of dollars zimbabwe currency in payments for this..

 

[nForce]

India would have got trillions of dollars zimbabwe currency in payments for this..View attachment 244618

Yes, they have an inflation problem. If I'm not mistaken, they were contemplating use of either USD or South African Rand and replace their currency altogether to control inflation.

One might look into the case of Bolivia or Germany after First World War as well. At one point of time, workers in Germany used to get salary twice a day and a break in between for shopping, because the prices would rise by as much as 40% daily. Hungary was even worse. There, the prices would triple every day.

When I think about it, everybody talks about and knows about Hitler and what a bad person he was. Not many know or talk about these things, that how difficult they had made it for the Germans to go about their daily life. Hitler came out of the desperation of the people. If not him, there would have been someone else.

 

[third eye]

India began industrialization early on and the results are paying off.

How are AL vehicles in terms of quality and reliability? I've seen commercial vehicles (mostly buses) here in the UAE and they don't look too reliable or too comfortable when compared to others.

Reliable - Very

Design & comfort - Based entirely on the customers requirements & contract value.

 

[Nilgiri]

India would have got trillions of dollars zimbabwe currency in payments for this..

I am sure transaction was in US dollars.

India needs tens and hundreds of more such orders worldwide....and improve the local logistics chain for customer satisfaction so they stay loyal and satisfied for a long time.

 

[RazorMC]

India would have got trillions of dollars zimbabwe currency in payments for this..View attachment 244618

Almost all international transactions are conducted in USD for good reason lol.
Zimbabweans have a messed up economy. It makes ours look so much better.

 

[Hindustani78]

India gave an assistance of 50,000 tonnes of rice in 2003 when Zimbabwe experienced severe drought. Another similar assistance of 500 tonnes of rice was given on March 23, 2015. India granted US $ 5 million for promoting SMEs(Indo-Zimbabwe Technology Centre) in Zimbabwe, a project inaugurated by President Robert Mugabe on August 4, 2008. The final phase of the project completed in February, 2013. India set up three ‘Hole-In-The-Wall’ computer learning stations in 2012. India is in the process of setting up a Vocational Training Center (under IAFS-I) and a Food Testing Laboratory and a Rural Technology Park under IAFS-II under aid budget. Besides, under GOI Line of Credit(LOC) worth US$ 28.6 million upgradation of Deka Pumping Station and River Water Intake System is in progress.

GOI has offered, in April 2015, another LOC worth USD87million to Government of Zimbabwe for renovation of Bulawayo Thermal Power Plant. EXIM Bank of India has signed Buyer’s Credit Agreement of USD 49.92 million with Government of Zimbabwe for purchase of vehicles and spare parts from Ashok Leyland Ltd. Under similar facility from EXIM Bank to Hwange Colliery Company Ltd., Zimbabwe for purchase of mining equipment and blast hole drill and spare parts from BEML Ltd, India, the mining equipment worth USD 13.03 million was commissioned on June 19, 2015 by Zimbabwean Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko.

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India was committed to helping Zimbabwe develop its small- and medium-enterprises and food processing capacity. Zimbabwe has unlimited potential to grow in both these areas. Apart from growing trade ties with Zimbabwe, through some of its parastatals India has been helping Southern African country with expertise in such areas as hydro-energy, telecommunications and diamond processing - among others.

 

[Kaniska]

India began industrialization early on and the results are paying off.

How are AL vehicles in terms of quality and reliability? I've seen commercial vehicles (mostly buses) here in the UAE and they don't look too reliable or too comfortable when compared to others.

I think if you compare with European companies then obviously it can not compete..But they are good from maintenance perspective...

 

[illusion8]

Almost all international transactions are conducted in USD for good reason lol.
Zimbabweans have a messed up economy. It makes ours look so much better.

It was a dig at our pdf's own zimbawean @PlanetWarrior