Three-day block closure at Tata Motors Jamshedpur plant begins

A three-day block closure at Tata Motors Jamshedpur plant began on Thursday. A circular in this regard was issued in the company last week.

The closure, which will be observed from August 29-31, was aimed to prevent unnecessary build up of inventory in the company as well as at dealers end, sources said.

"Keeping in view the prevailing economic scenario, we have taken appropriate action time to time to match production with demand," company sources said.

The block closure will be followed by a Sunday, which is a holiday, sources said.

General Secretary of Telco Workers Union (TWU) Chandrabhan Singh said the economic slowdown and slump in demand of heavy commercial vehicle was the reason behind the company's decision.

"We had produced around 6,000 units of heavy commercial vehicles last month whereas the number was less in the current month," Singh said.