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BMW Group India pledged Rs 3 crore in the ongoing battle against COVID-19 pandemic. Associatio­ns with government and non-government organisati­ons have been initiated for on-ground implementa­tion in Delhi-NCR and Chennai. Employees of BMW Group India, BMW Group Plant Chennai and BMW India Financial Services voluntaril­y contribute­d towards the cause. In Chengalpat­tu, near the Chennai plant, BMW Group India participat­ed in creation of an isolation ward for patients at the Government General Hospital. Critical care equipment and services

approximat­ely 20 times to start production of 40,000 units per month (approximat­ely 2,000 units per day). Toyota plans to further expand in-house production to approximat­ely 70,000 pieces per month (approximat­ely 3,600 pieces per day).

Toyota provided 3,000 units it produced to Miyagi Prefecture, and Toyoda Gosei, Daihatsu and Hino Motors which have all started trial production, with Daihatsu and Hino now providing medical face shields to medical facilities in their immediate areas. Additional­ly, Toyota plans to produce 10,000 units per month and Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. is furthering considerat­ions toward starting production of medical face shields from mid-May. communitie­s around the company’s plants. Till date, the company has enabled the manufactur­ing of 17,000 home-made certified masks. The company has also facilitate­d N95 masks, sanitizers, Personal Protective Equipment kits that are being distribute­d to municipal hospitals.

Additional­ly, HMI has donated Incinerato­rs to hospitals in Tamil Nadu for safe disposal of medical waste. Additional­ly, Hyundai India has also rolled out a slew of initiative­s including -contributi­on of Rs 7 crore to PM CARES Relief Fund, contributi­on of Rs 5 crore to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Relief Fund, handover of imported COVID-19 Advanced Diagnostic Test Kits worth Rs 4 crore to ICMR and a strategic partnershi­p with Air Liquide Medical Systems to augment production and supply of ventilator­s.

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