VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) announced the resumption of manufacturing operations in seven of its plants in the country. These plants located in Pithampur, Dewas, and Baggad in Madhya Pradesh and Thane in Maharashtra have resumed lean operations after the required permissions were granted by the state government. VECV had earlier initiated sanitisation processes, maintenance of their plant and machinery, annual stock-taking and various steps required to maintain social distancing and other safety norms. Lean operations have been initiated at 25-40 per cent levels in these plants with strict adherence to the guidelines and advisories laid down by the Central and state governments as well as the local authorities. The priority continues to be to service the customers with dispatch of parts to various service centres, dispatch of already produced BSVI vehicles, and meeting the needs of transporters engaged in delivery of essential goods. VE Power Train plant has also resumed manufacturing and exports of engines for Volvo Group requirements. Eicher Engineering Components (EEC) plants at Dewas have resumed lean operations to meet requirements of exports customers engaged in agricultural tractors, harvesters, essential mining and construction segment.