Tamil Nadu industries resume production, slow and steady

Automobile companies use half of their workforce and ensure social distancing as lockdown is eased

Automobile, textile, and leather are among industries that started reopening in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday after staying shut for almost six weeks in the national lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Hyundai Motor, which managed around 15,813 employees and contract workers before the pandemic struck, started work with 7,500 people daily in two shifts at its factory in Sriperumbudur. 

Royal Enfield, which had suspended work on March 23, resumed under the government’s guidelines on social distancing and workplace sanitisation. "Our manufacturing unit at Oragadam, near Chennai, will be the first to begin operations in a staggered manner, with minimal staff