COVID-19 surge: Some industries declare holiday to break chain of infection

Industrial activity in Karnataka, which had gathered momentum, is getting affected again

Industrial activity in the State, which had picked up after the restrictions imposed during the lockdown last year were eased, seems to be getting affected again with the raging pandemic. While cluster outbreaks have been reported in industrial areas in the past fortnight, several manufacturing plants in the auto sector have already declared holiday to break the chain of infection. Multiple sources in the industry confirmed that several big automobile companies have declared holiday, and other factories that have adequate inventory have also shut down for a few days. A big number of cases have started being reported in factories from industrial areas in Jigani–Anekal–Bommasandra, Peenya, Doddaballapur, and Narasapura. Cluster outbreaks have been reported in pharma companies too.