The Biswa Bangla JK Tyre Himalayan Drive, India’s first tri-nation and only international TSD (Time, Speed and Distance) rally, was given a spectacular ceremonial start here on Saturday evening.
The country’s only serving lady police commissioner, Chiling S Lepcha of Siliguri Police, flagged it off to the beat of a smart police band even as the ceremonial bugle echoed in this quaint hill station. Hundreds of motor sports enthusiasts gathered at the City Centre to cheer on the competitors.
The five day rally that officially begins on Sunday morning will cover 1250 kilometres, traversing through the three countries of India, Bhutan and Nepal. They will drive off from Siliguri early on Sunday (February 26) morning and race through the picturesque Dooars area with its lush forests teeming with wildlife and verdant tea gardens before crossing the international border to enter Bhutan.
The ride from Phuntsholing, the border trading town in Bhutan’s foothills, is considered one of the best drives in the world. The road to Paro skirts steep mountain slopes clad with pine trees before leading to the breathtakingly beautiful valley in which Paro is nestled. This first leg of the rally covers 337 kilometers.
About JK Tyre
Part of the JK Organisation, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd is a leading four-wheeler tyre manufacturer in India and amongst the top 25 manufacturers in the world with a wide range of products catering to diverse business segments in the automobile industry. JK Tyre has global presence in 100 countries across six continents, backed by production support from 12 plants – 9 in India and 3 in Mexico. Currently, the capacity across all its plants is about 35 million tyres per annum. In April 2016 JK Tyre acquired Cavendish India Limited from Birla Tyres.
While acquisition added three modern plants to its portfolio taking the total count to 12, it helped the tyre major foray into the two/three wheeler segment as well. Pioneers of radial technology, JK Tyre produced the first radial tyre in 1977 and is currently the market leader in Truck Bus Radial segment. With over three decades of technological innovation, JK Tyre offers tyre for entire range of passenger and commercial vehicles, starting from a 3 kg two-wheeler tyre to a 3.5 ton OTR tyre. Apart from a strong network of 4000 dealers and over 200 dedicated outlets, JK Tyre was the first tyre company to introduce unique concepts like “Dial-a-Tyre” and is the only tyre company to launch a 24×7 on-road tyre assistance initiative called “Fix-a-Tyre”.
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