The commercial vehicles division of Tata Motors plant at Pimpri would be closed for three days from November 13. The decision has been taken following a shortage in supply of spare parts from its vendor in Jaipur, after the factory supplying the parts was damaged in fire. The news of closure comes just when the auto major was witnessing a revival in sales volumes after a year of slow growth.

Debasis Ray, head, corporate communication, Tata Motors, said, “We have announced a block closure of the commercial vehicle division at the Pimpri plant from November 13 to 15. The decision was taken after there was a shortage in supply of fuel injection pumps from our Jaipur-based vendor. There was a fire in the Indian Oil Depot at Jaipur last week. As a result, the operations of our vendor at Jaipur were impacted.”

Ray said with the present availability of fuel injections, the company cannot keep its production of commercial vehicles going. So, the company has resorted to a block closure. But the operations at the car plant would continue as usual, he said.