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A production line at Hitachi Construction Machinery's joint venture plant in India.

AZUSA KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- "We will have to halt shipments in several hours" -- the plant manager was frantic on Tuesday night as the start of India's three-week nationwide lockdown approached.

The directive from Prime Minister Narendra Modi was about to shutter a factory operated by Hitachi Construction Machinery and the Tata group until April 14, along with millions of other businesses. 

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