Covid19 impact: Steel companies struggle with labour shortage post lockdown

The public sector steel major is currently operating at 60 per cent production level and will be scaling down gradually, they said

Major steel companies that curtailed operations in the wake of restrictions during the 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, are now grappling with labour shortage.

While the Centre and states have ensured that trucks move, one of the challenges that has cropped up, is the shortage of manual labour for loading and unloading trucks. As a consequence, both input materials and finished goods are getting stuck. Most of the major steel companies are operating at around 40-60 per cent production level or even lower, but to continue at that level is also posing to be a challenge.

Sources