Tata Motors to undertake 3 day block closure

Tata Motors is going to close down its commercial vehicle plant at Pune for three days on June 22, 23 and 24, to line up the production of vehicles with demand. The company has decided to give half day’s salary for each of the three days of the block closure. Prior to this, it had taken similar block closures in 2008 and 2009 shutting down production for three and five days, respectively.

The company’s total sales including exports of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles in May 2012 were 64,347 vehicles, higher by 4% over May 2011. The company’s domestic sales of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles for May 2012 were 60,128 units against 56,571 units sold in May last year, higher by 6%.