Truck plant on pause

Tata Motors had to shut production for the fourth time this year at its truck manufacturing unit in Jamshedpur as it struggled amid subdued retail demand. With sales of trucks in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segment dipping 28 per cent to 95,864 in the April-December period this year against 133,356 units sold in the same period last year, Tata Motors resorted to a three-day block closure at this plant starting on Monday.