Toyota Kirloskar Motor Restarts Production From July 20

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has announced the restart of production at its plant in Bidadi from July 20th (Monday). The announcement comes in the light of the revised directives issued by the Government of Karnataka allowing residents in Bengaluru urban and rural districts to move and commute for industries located inside industrial estates. Operations at the TKM plant have been suspended from the second shift on Tuesday (July 14) in adherence of the initial order. Production can resume from July 20 (Monday) as many employees had left for their home towns following the announcement of lockdown.   

TKM said that it will continue to swiftly navigate the crisis by taking all possible preventive and remedial measures by closely working with various stakeholders including the relevant statutory authorities. Ever since unlock, TKM has been prudent about the number of employees working at the plant in Bidadi. At any given point, only 40 to 45% of the production workforce has been attending work so as to maintain all norms of social distancing. On a daily basis, all employees have to self-declare their health condition, as a reassurance to their safe health. This has been possible due to the resilient internal communication that TKM has been maintaining with all its employees, the company said.

The office staff at TKM’s corporate and regional offices, continue to ‘work from home’ to help mitigate risks. In addition to the safety protocols that are being followed, TKM has initiated the task of providing safety kits containing essential items like sanitizers, 3PLY masks and handwashes to 5000 employees, their family members and their neighborhoods benefitting over 25,000 families, thereby looking out for the community as well.  TKM understands the urgency of the situation and is taking considerate steps in the larger interest of saving lives and security of the society. During these difficult times, TKM is taking obligatory actions to contain  further spread and will continue to respond in accordance with guidance issued by the Government and its internal standards, it added.