Krishna District Lorry Owners Association:was established in 1953. Goods transport was highly disorganized in those days and lorry owners were few with plenty of problems. Some enlightened operators visualised the need to organise themselves into an association to make concerted efforts to solve their problems. The result was the formation of "the krishna district lorry owners association"in 1953 and registered in 1966 at the instance of the registrar of Societies with comprehensive and well defined byelaws. Vijayawada, a historical place in Andhra-Pradesh is a commercial hub with its largest railway junction in India.Krishna district lorry owners' association, with the financial assistance from ministry of road transport and Highways, established Model Driving and Training Institute and Research Centre incurring approximately 5.5 crores on its investment,

32KM away from Vijayawada, enroute Bapulapadu Mandal, (Telaprolu- Bandarugudem route)at Ampapuram village. Hon. Chief minister of A.P., Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and the central minister Hon. Muniyappa, Ministry of Road Transport And Highways inaugurated this institution on August 27th, 2005. MDTIRC as a non-Govt organization was granted 4 crores from central Govt. for its developments. The balance of Rs/- 1.5 crore was collected by the members of the association. Training to the untrained drivers is given here. Nearly 500 people are being trained in institute providing them with all facilities under single roof. This institution is named as Modern Driving Training Institute and Research Centre and is one of the largest training Institutions in India.