Unplanned Lockdown Leaves Ambattur's Industries and Workers' Lives in Ruin
A downturn in the automobile sector, given the sudden declaration of demonetisation and the improper implementation of GST, pushed this industrial belt into a deep crisis.
The Ambattur industrial area in Chennai is the biggest small scale industrial estate in South Asia, predominantly constituted by automobile ancillary units. A downturn in the automobile sector, given the sudden declaration of demonetisation and the improper implementation of GST, pushed this industrial belt into a deep crisis. The blanket lockdown set it back further, with workers under stress now. NewsClick presents a ground report from Ambattur.
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