: Companies including micro,
small and medium enterprises in Tamil Nadu engaged in manufacture of medical equipment like masks, PPEshope the government would allow movement of their vehicles during the lockdown in place to combat spread of COVID-19, officials said.
Several firms present in Tiruppur or Coimbatore or Ariyalur in the state have converted their companies to manufacture medical garments in order to tide over crisis since companies remain shut due to lock-down in view of the government's measures to control the spread of COVID19.
However, according to a company official those engaged in manufacturing such medical garments face biggest challenges which is the last mile connectivity in transporting the goods to customers.
A senior company official in Tiruppur who did not want to be named, said they are hoping for some kind of relaxation to be announced on Monday so as to ensure that the goods can be delivered to customers.
"Besides delivering the goods we are ...
