Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Mr. Anant G. Geete, along with Mr. Babul Supriyo, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of HI & PE, Mr. M.C. Sampath, Minister for Industries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu and Thiru. K.N. Ramachandran, MP, Sriperumbudur Constituency in the presence of Mr. Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, CEO & PD, NATRiP and M.V. Ramachandran, Site Head, GARC, inaugurated Buildings & Factories’ Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) Test Tracks at Oragadam near Chennai, on May 18, 2017.

 

Mr. Sanjay Bandopadhyaya commended team L&T for completing the test tracks in time adhering to stringent quality standards against a tight schedule.

 

Highlights of the Test Tracks include:

 

Steering pad of 100 m maximum radius, assessed and certified by M/s. IDIADA, Spain

 

External noise track of 661 m length, assessed and certified by M/s. TUV Rheinland for compliance to ISO 10844:2014

 

Test hills track, 4 tracks of 28%, 18%, 12% & 6-8% gradients, assessed and certified by M/s. TUV Rheinland

 

Braking surfaces track, 3 tracks of Ceramic, Basalt & Asphalt, each of 250 m length, including, Arrester pit, Vehicle preparation shed, Pump & Sump house

 

High speed/Oval track of 4,468.6 m length