VRL Group

VRL Group is a conglomerate based in Karnataka, India. The company has its headquarters at Hubballi. The Group has business interests in road transportation, logistics, publishing etc. VRL is an abbreviation of Vijayanand Roadlines Limited. The company was founded by Vijay Sankeshwar in 1976 at Gadag. Vijay Sankeshwar's family ran a publishing hous, which eventually became a part of VRL Group.

VRL has become a large logistics and transport company which is currently the largest fleet owner in India with 4001 Vehicles (Including 455 tourist buses & 3546 Goods Transport Vehicles) as of 10 May 2015. VRL is mentioned in the Limca Book of Records as a single largest fleet owner of commercial vehicles in India in the private sector.

Starting with local transportation between Hubli and Gadag, VRL soon expanded its services to Bangalore and Belagavi.

It has now expanded its operations into Courier Services and Express Cargo. Today VRL handles over 6000 MT of parcels every day adding up to 216,000,000 MT of cargo per annum.

With the largest network in India, the VRL parcel services is indispensable for large number of corporates. This network spans 12 states in India and is supported by around 1000 branches, 40 hubs cum transport yards and about 5000 customers. With its own trans-shipment yard commencing operation at Gurgaon-Delhi in the near future, VRL is now expanding its services to cover location in other North Indian State.

Road transportation, express cargo, warehousing, re-distribution and courier services. Services now connect customers in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Pondicherry, Western Maharashtra and Gujarat. This network will soon stretch to the other parts of North and East India.

Delivering documents and small parcels.

At the core of the groups transport business is its 40-acre transport cum warehouse complex in Varur, Hubli. This unique facility has all the essential back up services under one roof. The total built up area of complex is 25,00,000 sq. ft. with an additional 1,00,000 sq. ft. of land used for sheds and vehicle parking. This complex contains the Head Office Building, Transhipment Godown, Workshop, Canteen, Drivers Rest Room, own Petrol Bunk allotted by Indian Oil Corporation, Effluent Treatment Plant with capacity of 1,75,000 ltrs., and a Rainwater harvesting plant. The complex has a garage service complex. Every truck in the fleet passes through this master service facility at least once every 2 weeks.

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