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Bahubali truck hits the road for Belgium vessel with 250 wheels
- •A heavy-duty vessel imported from Belgium via sea to Odisha is now moving across cities to reach Lakhimpur Kheri.
- •Turning the gigantic 308-wheeled truck was so difficult that 58 wheels had to be removed, leaving it with 250 wheels.
- •The transport required removing high-tension power lines, pruning trees, and temporarily altering bridges along the route.
- •The equipment is meant for the country's first polylactic acid-based bioplastic manufacturing plant coming up in Khumbi, Lakhimpur Kheri.
- •The 200-tonne, 41-meter-long truck is moving at a snail's pace of 5 to 8 kmph, consuming about 200 liters of diesel daily.
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A 200-tonne industrial vessel was imported from Belgium via sea to Paradip Port in Odisha. It is being transported to Khumbi in Lakhimpur Kheri district for the country's first polylactic acid (PLA)-based bioplastic manufacturing plant.
The truck originally featured 308 wheels to support its massive cargo. However, turning the gigantic vehicle through narrow routes and tight corners proved so difficult that 58 wheels had to be removed, leaving it with 250 wheels.
Measuring around 41 meters long and weighing about 200 tonnes, the trailer crawls at a sluggish speed of just five to eight kilometers per hour while consuming about 200 liters of diesel daily. Along the route, authorities have had to prune trees, remove high-tension power lines, and temporarily modify bridges and foot-over bridges to clear the way.
