Lucknow, Jan. 10 -- The state capital reached a new milestone on the road to industrial acceleration on Friday with the inauguration of Ashok Leyland's electric vehicle plant, spread over 70 acres in Sarojini Nagar at the site where the Scooters India Limited factory once stood.

Two buses manufactured at the plant were flagged off at the inaugural ceremony. The EVs manufactured in the state capital are gradually expected to hit the road across the country.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the plant in the presence of Union heavy industries minister HD Kumaraswamy and other dignitaries.

Friday's event was held five years after Scooters India Limited, the state-owned manufacturer of the classi...