Sales of heavy equipment have jumped in recent times amid a construction frenzy involving housing colonies and apartment buildings to infrastructure like bridges and hydel plants. According to the data obtained from the Bagmati Zone Transportation Office, 2,016 dozers, loaders, cranes, rollers, excavators and graders have been registered with it so far. Among them, 604 were imported in the fiscal year 2009/10 alone. In Nepali construction equipment market, JCB’s compactors and backhoe loaders have 70 per cent market share. Morang Auto Works, the sole authorized dealer of JCB India Ltd for Nepal, opened JCB’s new 4-bay state-of-the-art facility. Morang Auto Works(MAW) is a leading Automobile and Engineering Company-which represents International Brand- YAMAHA, SKODA, ESCORTS, JCB, Ingersoll-Rand, Mettler toledo and Greaves in Nepal. For last 50 years, MAW has been providing quality sales and services to all its clients in the country. The first of its kind in Kathmandu, this facility is equipped with JCB standardised systems to provide a one-stop solution for its customers including a showroom display area. The facility will provide a complete range of products in JCB portfolio in Nepal with instant service to its customers with its total 4-bay workshop integrated with all modern tools with a separate engine and sensitive parts overhauling room. Morang Auto has branch offices in Butwal and Birgunj with head office in Kathmandu. It plans to open two more branch offices in Pokhara and Dhangadhi.