Ashok Leyland declares 5-day holiday for Ennore plant from Sept 6

The company this week reported a 70 per cent drop in M&HCV truck sales in the domestic market during the month of August

With the slowdown in market hitting Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicle (M&HCV) sales by 70 per cent in August, Ashok Leyland Ltd on Thursday declared five-day holiday for its Ennore plant, starting from September 6, excluding Sunday. It has seen almost 10 days of no-production during August, owing to sluggish market.

Ashok Leyland spokesperson was not available for comment.

The company has issued notice to the employees that the plant will not be working on September 6 and 7 of this week and September 10 and 11 of next week, while September 9 has already been declared as sixth non-working day. In