Tata Motors, India’s biggest auto maker by revenues, is going for a third block closure for two days on August 16 and 17 at its Jamshedpur factory in Jharkand to reduce inventory level at dealerships.The factory, which produces a range of medium and heavy commercial vehicles, intermediate commercial vehicles and pick-up tempos, will, however be open on those days, the official said.Layoffs of workers seem imminent if demands for automobile does not pick up soon, he pointed out.Earlier, the passenger car unit of the Pune plant remained shut for two days informally, an office bearer of the Tata Motors Employees Union told this paper.Mahindra and Mahindra , too, announced last week that it will be shutting down production for 8-14 days in its various plants during the ongoing July-September quarter.

In fact, this is the third block closure at the Tata Motors after it went for a block closure on August 1 at the Jamshedpur facility, and for three-day block closure during August 8-10 at its Pimpri-Chinchwad factory, near Pune, and Jamshedpur as well. Sources at Tata Motors say there has been a sharp decline in purchase order of the vehicles at the Jamshedpur unit. During this period the company will bear 50 per cent cost while for the remaining 50 per cent, leave of the employees will be deducted as per the agreement between the company and the union,” a letter from Tata Motors sent to the employees union stated. They said with no visible sign of immediate recovery until the government announ-ces some stimulus package for the beleaguered auto industry across segments, things could get only worse, especially with job losses.In China Jacket Hoses fact, the impact of block closure and sales slowdown is more severe on vendors catering to the OEMs..“This is being done for maintenance and also because the production is low.

According to the company, the decision has been taken to align its production with the sales requirements.“It is a block closure for two days from August 16 to 17 at our Jamshedpur factory to align production with the slowing market demand,” an official spokesperson of Tata Motors told Financial Chronicle.Till date over 450 dealerships of various auto brands have been shut across the country due to sales slump, rendering thousands jobless.“With our orders cut to a half, we are drawing on our capital for sustenance, but we don’t know how long we can do it,” a auto component supplier to Tata Motors at Pune said.Sources also revealed that Tata Motors had also cut production of its small pick-up trucks at its Pantnagar plant by 17 per cent in August.The Pune plant, one of the biggest, employs over 10,000 permanent workers apart from contractual employees.

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The fire which broke out at the residential building at Amratala Lane in Burrabazar on Monday night came under control after 17 hours on Tuesday. Though the exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained, fire brigade officials suspect that storage of combustible items may have led the situation to aggravate. Vehicular movements were restricted on Mahatma Gandhi Road towards Burrabazar.. A team of experts from the state forensic science laboratory will visit the spot in the next few days to collect samples for examination. But heavy heat affected the three-storeyed old building as a portion of staircase and roof collapsed.Traffic movement remained suspended along Rabindra Sarani from Poddar Court.

Talking to reporters in Nabanna, Ms Banerjee said that there are some areas, particularly in central Kolkata, where the roads are so narrow that the fire engines cannot reach the spot for fire fighting. We will not tolerate the practice of cooking here and there under plastic or tarpaulin cover which poses a serious fire risk,” the chief minister said.“We have found out that people simply place a tarpaulin and resorts to cooking under it. Some fire brigade personnel were also injured during the rescue operation.He informed after the meeting that his department, the Kolkata Police and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation , will soon conduct a survey of the buildings that are prone to fire and will submit a report to Ms Banerjee.The blaze in Burrabazar came under control on Tuesday morning as nearly 30 fire engines were pressed into service, along with the disaster management group.

We have made arrangements for rehabilitating a number of slum and pavement-dwellers at Gobindapur and Bonhooghly area but they hardly stay there. State fire minister and mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who had visited the spot along with local Trinamul Congress MLA Smita Bakshi, met the chief minister at the state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday afternoon.Kolkata: In the wake of the devastating fire in Burrabazar chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday instructed the fire and emergency services department to take suitable measures to ensure that China Jacket Hoses Manufacturers such inferno are prevented. Several people were trapped inside.

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