VRL Logistics Limited (formerly ''Vijayanand Roadlines Ltd.''), commonly known as the VRL Group, is an Indian

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in Hubballi,

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with

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in around 23 states and 4 union territories in the

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. Business operations of ''VRL Group'' include

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ation,

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, publishing etc. ''VRL Group'' is one of the large logistics and

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companies in India (incl.4360 vehicles, comprising 419 tourist buses and 3941 transport

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vehicles).

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, mentioned it as the single largest

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owner of

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s in the country's

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. ''VRL's'' Vijayavani is

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ed with having the largest

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in Karnataka.

History

''VRL Group'' was founded by Vijay Sankeshwar in 1976 at Gadag, Karnataka, India. His

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a publication house, which later became a part of ''VRL Group''.

Headquarters and offices

''VRL'' is

in Hubballi,

and has 931 branches, 40 hubs and transport

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s across the

. The headquarters has effluent treatment plant ( capacity:175

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liters),

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plant, petrol bunk (allotted by Indian Oil Corporation), and a garage service complex, where ''VRL’s''

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s passes through in the fleet, once in every two

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Services

Cargo and Courier

A subsidiary of ''VRL Group'', ''VRL General

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'' started its business service as transportation between Hubballi and Gadag, and later has spread across

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and

Belagavi Belgaum ( ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi ...

. It has extended into courier services and express cargo, which are now operative in 23 states, handling over 216 million cargos/year, being one of the large networks in the

. Its courier services are operative for

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from small to large

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Travel

''VRL's'' public tour business is operated by its division ''Vijayanand Travels''. With having more than 80 branches, and operated by 1000+ agents, it is the largest in tour business services in Karnataka and Maharashtra. It owns 1550

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es (incl. 742

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of 9400 XL and 9400PX multi-axle models), covering six states, moving across 350

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in the

Aviation logistics

''VRL Logistics Ltd.'' in 2008, started working in Indian Air Chartering Industry, operating under the Indian Air Operator permit (for passenger charter). In the first phase of its business, it owned a Beechcraft Premier I, an

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, manufactured by Hawker Beechcraft Inc,

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, while in 2013 it purchased another. It offers

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charters to sectors like corporate,

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and

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, special missions,

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, advertisement agencies and for flights ( VIP

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Media

''VRL Group's''

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entity, '' Vijayavani'' was started on 1 April 2011, which is now the largest circulated

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in Karnataka. ''VRL Group's''

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''VRL Media Ltd.'', prints ''Vijayavani'' and is published in 9 cities of the

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. ''Vijayavani’s''

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of its editorial division is Chennegowder and Subhash hoogar. Karnataka's second largest circulated newspaper '' Vijaya Karnataka'', was started by Vijay Sankeshwar (of ''VRL Group'') in October 2000, and was sold to the Times group on 16 June 2006. In April 2017, ''VRL Media Ltd.'' started Digvijaya News 24x7, a Kannada

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References

External links

Official website of VRL Group
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