Hero MotoCorp has decided to extend shutdown across its facilities which had begun in April. In the bid to curb the prevailing surge of cases the decision comes.

World’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer issued a statement on Sunday saying the shutdown also includes its Global Parts Center in Neemrana and the Centre of Innovation and Technology in Jaipur. Hero MotoCorp had decided to shut down its facilities in a phased manner starting April 22 to May 1, which was further extended to May 9 later. The shut down halted operations at Hero MotoCorp's six manufacturing units located at Dharuhera and Gurugram in Haryana, Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Haridwar in Uttarakhand, Neemrana in Rajasthan and Halol in Gujarat. It is feared that low demands this month has forced a lot of manufacturers to scale down production. The Hero MotoCorp facilities that have been impacted by this shutdown has a total yearly production capacity of 90 lakh units.

Hero two-wheeler manufacturer is the second vehicle manufacturer in the last few days to announce an extension of their ongoing shutdown. Earlier last weekend, India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki too had announced to extend its 'planned maintenance' across facilities in Haryana to May 16. According to the top management in Maruti, the problem currently is about sales volumes. Several dealers have been forced to shut shops sales because of a partial lockdown and curfew in several states.

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