After Hero MotoCorp, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has announced that both its plants will remain shut because of a scheduled annual maintenance programme from April 26 to May 14, 2021. The company denied all speculation that the maintenance shutdown has anything to do with the current Covid surge.

Naveen Soni, senior vice-president, sales and customer service, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said: “Our annual maintenance programme is always scheduled around this time. It happens twice a year and it has nothing to do with the Covid surge.”

Both the units are located at Bidadi near Bangalore, spread across 432 acres.