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Covid-19 impact: Maruti Suzuki cut production by 98% in the month of May

The company had produced a total of 1,51,188 units in the same month last year

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Employees queue up to enter Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant, which resumed operations after around 40 days of closure due to the coronavirus-led lockdown, near Gurugram in Haryana. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 09 2020 | 8:49 PM IST

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said it has cut production by 97.54 per cent in May at 3,714 units amid coronavirus pandemic, according to a regulatory filing by the company.

The company had produced a total of 1,51,188 units in the same month last year.

Total passenger vehicle production stood at 3,652 units last month as against 1,48,095 units in May 2019, a decline of 97.53 per cent, it added.

The company cut production of its mini cars comprising Alto, and S-Presso by 98.32 per cent at 401 units as against 23,874 units in the

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