Ashok Leyland To Scale Down Operations At Plants This Month Due To COVID-19 Surge
In a regulatory filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Ashok Leyland has announced that it will scale down production due to the COVID-19 crisis. The company will operate plants for only 7 to 15 days this month.Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland will scale down operations at its plants for 7 to 15 days this month. It will shut down the units for the remaining part of the month due to rising COVID-19 cases. The automaker officially announced the same through a regulatory filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Ashok Leyland became the sixth automobile manufacturer to announce plant shutdowns amid the COVID-19 surge. Other manufacturers that had announced shut down at plants include Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Maruti Suzuki India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and MG Motor. The company also mentioned that it will continue to respond to the Covid situation in the country.In an official statement issued to BSE, the company said, “Ashok Leyland is committed to the wellbeing of our personnel, their families and the extended eco system, including customers, dealers and suppliers. With ‘Health & Safety First’ as the focus, our ‘Emergency Response Team’, a high-level task force responsible for managing Covid related protocols has revisited all the standard operating procedures and is ensuring the implementation of the same. Vaccination of employees and families is being monitored and enabled through vaccination camps across all facilities.”
