Sri Lanka, March 24 -- Lanka Ashok Leyland has commenced the assembly of low floor ultra-modern buses in Sri Lanka at their auto assembly plant in Jalthara, Homagama.

"We have also commenced one assembly line and the new ultra-modern low floor buses will be available in the local market from next October," said Director Lanka Ashok Leyland, Umesh Gautam. The Rs. 250 million project is partly funded through an Indian Ashok Leyland Credit line and already around Rs. 100 million has been invested.

A unique feature of the low floor buses is that the bus will be automatically lowered to the ground level when the bus stops to pick up passengers even allowing a passenger on a wheelchair to board the bus without assistance from another. "The bu...