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308-Wheel Baahubali Truck Hauls Massive Belgian Vessel Across Uttar Pradesh
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Moneycontrol•14-10-2026, 09:11
308-Wheel Baahubali Truck Hauls Massive Belgian Vessel Across Uttar Pradesh
- •A massive 308-wheel truck is transporting a 200-tonne vacuum boiler imported from Belgium across Uttar Pradesh for a new bioplastic manufacturing plant.
- •The giant equipment, measuring 41 metres long and up to eight metres high, travels at just five to eight kilometres per hour and consumes 200 litres of diesel daily.
- •Transporting the colossal load has required extensive logistical efforts, including trimming trees, clearing high-tension power lines, and temporarily removing sections of footbridges.
- •The journey began after the vessel arrived by sea at Odisha's Paradip port, and the truck recently reached Basti while drawing large crowds of curious onlookers along its route.
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The 200-tonne vessel is headed to Kumbhi in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh for the country’s first polylactic acid (PLA)-based bioplastic manufacturing plant.
Although the truck originally featured 308 wheels, 58 had to be removed due to turning difficulties, leaving it with 250 wheels. The equipment it carries measures approximately 41 metres long, six to seven metres wide, and seven to eight metres high.
The machinery was imported from Belgium by sea to Paradip Port in Odisha, after which it began its road journey traveling through Jharkhand and Bihar before entering Uttar Pradesh.
