Covid-19 relief: Auto industry organises 7.5 mn face masks, 90,000 PPE kits

The industry has set up production capacities to arrange 60,000-plus ventilators and over 1,700 beds

The automobile industry helped the goverment in coronavirus relief despite suffering losses during the nationwide lockdown to contain the disease, says the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
 

While many automakers are importing ventilators and testing kits to augment the efficiency of the healthcare sector, some are turning their facilities into temporary hospitals in a bid to help the government to fight Covid-19.
 

"As per estimates, it (auto industry) may suffer a combined production loss of more than Rs 1 trillion in this period of shutdown. Nevertheless, the industry is closely working with the government, public and private hospitals and