TN MSMEs businesses hit hard by Covid surge
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Chennai, April 16 : The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu are facing the heat as the second wave of Covid-19 surges ahead with each passing day.
M. Senthilnathan, who has a foundry business in Coimbatore Industrial Estate, told IANS, I was doing a business of Rs 12 to Rs 15 lakh per month and it has fallen by more than 60 per cent and our staff strength which was 16 has now come down to five with almost all the contract workers having left for their hometowns.
Sharp increase in raw material prices hit MSME units hard
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The MSME units in the foundry and engineering space are in a fix, caught between abnormal increases in the price of raw materials on the one hand and order enquiries coupled with labour shortage on the other.
“The last three months have been terrible. The situation is worsening by the day; we are unable to schedule production,” say unit owners, urging immediate government intervention to bail them out of their present imbroglio.
“Both the Centre and State should step in without further delay. If the situation persists for another month or so, we will have to shut operations,” said K V Karthik, Managing Director, Deccan Industries and president, the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association (SIEMA).