Commercial vehicles major Ashok Leyland on Tuesday said its manufacturing plants will be operational only for up to 10 days in the month of June due to lower demand and lockdown in states where its plants are located.

Earlier, the company had intimated about the closure of its plants during May 2021 due to COVID-19. The plants are still not fully operational due to lockdown that is ongoing in the states where our plants are located, the commercial vehicle manufacturer said in a statement.

Ashok Leyland expects the opening up announcements by the respective State governments in a phased manner, resulting in the impact of its operations in the month of June 2021 also. “You may kindly note that the demand scenario is still to pick up due to lockdown. In view of the above, we expect that our plants will be operational only for 5-10 days, for the month of June 2021,” the company said.

Last month, Ashok Leyland had announced it has curtailed production at its manufacturing plants due to a dip in demand.

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