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308-Wheeled Truck Carrying Belgium Vessel Reaches Varanasi, Consumes ‘2 Crore Diesel’, Breaks Bridges.
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News18•27-09-2026, 12:09
308-Wheeled Truck Carrying Belgium Vessel Reaches Varanasi, Consumes ‘2 Crore Diesel’, Breaks Bridges.
- •The 308-wheeled truck carrying a vessel from Belgium has reached Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, and will depart for Varanasi today.
- •The vessel, which arrived from Belgium by sea, is being transported from Odisha to Balrampur on a massive 308-wheeled truck.
- •According to media reports, the journey has so far consumed diesel worth 2 crore rupees and resulted in several broken bridges.
- •The truck features a hydraulic modular trailer with twenty trolleys and 308 wheels, each capable of rotating 308 degrees for easy turning.
- •The truck will enter Varanasi today, where footover bridges on Haruha and Ghazipur road will be broken to allow its passage.
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The heavy-haul vehicle is transporting a 200-tonne sugar mill vessel from Belgium to its final destination at a sugar mill and ethanol plant in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh.
The oversized transport features a hydraulic modular trailer with 20 trolleys, where every wheel can rotate 308 degrees to navigate sharp corners. It is also carrying a 100-foot-long, 20-foot-high machinery part weighing around 200 tonnes, drawing massive crowds along its route.
The truck is entering Varanasi from the Dafi toll plaza via the Chandauli-Syed Raja road. To allow the oversized consignment to pass safely, authorities are breaking footover bridges on Haruha and Ghazipur road while NHAI highway patrols assist the journey.
