Challenges Remain As CV Industry Shifts Gears

The efforts of the government and various other forces to improve CV utilisation are bearing fruits.

- Bhushan Mhapralkar

Ajit (name changed to protect identity) has begun a new routine of attending work after almost two months of rest. He is among the workers at the Ceat Tyres factory at Ambernath on the outskirts of Mumbai that have been told to report to work as the company begun its operations a few days ago by implementing the social distance norms among others to ensure safety and well-being. Said to manufacture speciality tyres and off-the-road tyres, the Ambernath plant of the company is the oldest after Bhandup (now shut). It is one of the six plants that Ceat Tyres operates all over India, the newest being the plant at Chennai that was inaugurated early this year. Indicative of the CV industry shifting gears, the Ceat Tyres plant at Ambernath is among the many CV industry plants that has resumed operations as the State and Central Government ease norms for manufacturing and trade to resume.