New Tata truck hits market

Tata Motors and Nitol-Niloy Group yesterday launched a new commercial vehicle in Bangladesh to tap its growing demand in local market.
The new model—Tata LPT 1615 EX2—is a heavy-load carrier truck, said Abdul Matlub Ahmad, chairman of Nitol-Niloy Group.
“We have all ready sold 500 trucks since its debut in Bangladesh last month,” he said at the vehicle's lunch at Sundarban Hotel in the city.
People can buy the truck priced at Tk 16 lakh in 12-month instalments, he said.
Commercial vehicle owners are facing difficulties in doing business due to police's extortion in highways, Ahmad said.  The government will take action against such extortion, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said after launching the truck.
The new vehicle will give a fantastic business opportunity, said Avinash Gupta, head of customer care for international business at Tata Motors.
“We want to modernise our customer service network to give the best service to our clients,” Gupta said.
With a powerful engine of 5,883 cubic centimetres, the truck is capable of carrying stone, cement and different goods, the company said in a statement.