INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Royal Enfield will keep its plants in Tamil Nadu shut for three daysEicher Motors Ltd-owned Royal Enfield will shut its three south Indian
manufacturing plants for three days to ensure safety amid rising COVID-19 cases, according to an internal note seen by Reuters and two
27 to May 29, the internal note to workers said."We will resume operation from Monday, May 31," the internal note to workers signed by Royal
Enfield Chief Operating Officer B Govindarajan said."The above days shall be compensated later as per market needs," Govindarajan said in
the note.Royal Enfield did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.All the three plants are located in and around Chennai in
The automaker had also shut its plants for three days earlier this month from May 13 to May 15.Tamil Nadu is one of the worst hit states
with more than 30,000 cases a day last week
