“The operations of our plants have been scaled down and are expected to work for 7 - 15 days in May. We will continue to respond to the COVID-19 situation in the country as it unfolds."
With the ascent in COVID-19 cases in India, Commercial vehicle (CV) maker Ashok Leyland Ltd plans to downsize creation and work plants for just 7-15 days in May and to close down the units for the excess piece of the month, the organization said in an administrative recording on Monday.
“The operations of our plants have been scaled down and are expected to work for 7 - 15 days in May. We will continue to respond to the COVID-19 situation in the country as it unfolds,” it said in a statement.
As indicated by the wellbeing service information, India keeps on seeing in excess of 3 lakh new COVID cases for 12 successive days as absolute check approaches 20 million. The subsequent wave is required not exclusively to affect the interest standpoint for vehicles incidentally yet additionally postpone the steady recuperation in the interest for little, medium and substantial trucks.
Ashok Leyland turned into the 6th producer after Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Maruti Suzuki India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and MG Motor, to declare plant closures in the midst of the second flood of rising COVID-19 cases.
In any case, It will guarantee support for fundamental parts and totals for its armada of vehicles utilizing on the streets for the development of fundamental labor and products. It has likewise set up a 24-hour helpline to guarantee decreased vacation for the vehicles. The organization will likewise keep on gathering the necessities of guard vehicles and return to all their COVID19 related security conventions and measures in the planning of restart.