.Yamaha Motors also joined other vehicle manufacturers in India to announce suspension of production. The two-wheeler manufacturer has announced today due to wreak havoc of COVID-19 across country.

The company said that it is going to close its two plants including Surajpur in Uttar Pradesh and Chennai in Tamil Nadu for about two weeks to protect the employees from raising the infection rate. Yamaha has said that these plants will remain closed from May 15 to May 31. The manufacturer has also said that decision on whether to resume production at the plants in June will only be taken after reviewing the Covid-19 situation. So far, Yamaha Motor has not reported any of its employee testing positive. Earlier in this month, Indian vehicle manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra announced about halt production amid the ongoing crisis. Last month Maruti Suzuki had also declared that it would be closing its plants in Haryana while Hero MotoCorp too extended its shutdown till May 9. MG Motor also put down the shutters of its Halol plants in Gujarat.

However, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has also decided to stopped its production from April 26 to May 14. Company plant located in Karnataka, where the Covid situation is dire, the company although did not refer to the pandemic as a cause of this move.

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