Ashok Leyland has announced a slew of measures to support their customers and drivers amid the second Covid-19 wave. This includes emergency support to vehicles transporting essential services (including those transporting oxygen across the country through their 24×7 helpline); 24×7 services to Delhi Transport Corporation; a task force for seamless transportation of oxygen and medical supplies across India as part of the Service Mandi initiative; contactless deliveries of spare parts in-line with shifting customer preferences to continue to ensure smooth functioning of logistics and transportation services with the help of the Leykart Digital App., and extension on free services for customer vehicles in the warranty period. In other news, Ashok Leyland has announced the rolling out various employee centric initiatives to ensure good health, safety and active engagement. Some of these include instructions to the emergency response team (put in place in March 2020) and IT team to ensure physical, emotional and smooth work-from-home of employees. Wherever offices and plants are open, necessary safety protocols have been put in place. In-house doctors have been reaching out to employees. They are available on telephone for any health consultation by an employee.