after a silent april indian automakers reported the sharpest plunge in new vehicle sales in a decade for the month of may as covid19 threw millions out of work and decimated consumer demand car dealerships and plants reopened early last month under strict social distancing rules but experts say that thousands of people working on assembly lines touching the same parts and sharing restrooms and cafeterias is a recipe for disaster even if the longer lockdowns last soon the consumers are likely to sit on their wallets rather than shell out for things like new cars to talk more on this topic joining us today is ms hetal gandhi director at crisil research advertisement