LONDON (Reuters) - Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover halted production at its Solihull vehicle plant near Birmingham on Monday after a burst water pipe disrupted water supplies, a spokeswoman for JLR said.
"Due to a water shortage caused by a burst water main, we have had to stop production this afternoon," the spokeswoman said.
Earlier, water company Severn Trent (LON:SVT) said JLR agreed to stop production to help the utility cope with a large number of burst pipes caused by a thaw following very cold weather in recent days.
The JLR spokeswoman said she could not comment on when production at the Solihull plant would resume.