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The country’s largest automaker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), said Tuesday that it has resumed operations at its Manesar plant in Haryana after approximately 40 days of closure due to the coronavirus-led blockade.
Operations at the Manesar and Gurugram facilities have been suspended since March 22.
“Production started at the Manesar plant and the first car would be launched today (Tuesday),” Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) president R C Bhargava told PTI.
The facility has started operating in a single shift with up to 75 percent of employees currently allowed, he added.
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When asked about the schedule for full-throttle operations, Bhargava said that would depend on government regulations, such as when two shifts would be allowed, when labor could be increased, and when the supply chain would become more suitable. “There are a lot of variables involved.”
Restarting manufacturing activities at the Gurugram facility, he said “it will start, but not yet.”
On April 22, the Haryana government had given the automaker permission to restart its Manesar manufacturing plant, but the company had said it would resume operations only when it could maintain continuous production and sell vehicles, “which is not possible at this time. hour “.
The Gurugram district administration had allowed the car commander to operate the facilities in a single shift, while setting the total number of employees at the plant at 4,696.
MSI’s Manesar plant is outside the limits of the Gurugram Municipal Corporation, while its Gurugram plant is within the city limits.
The two plants in Haryana have an installed capacity to deploy 15.5 lakh units per year.
When asked how the blockade would affect industry sales this fiscal year, Bhargava said that under current circumstances it was too early to forecast.
However, he noted that automobiles in the country were among the most taxed in the world.
“I have always argued that automobiles are heavily taxed in India by both the central and state governments … The result is that automakers in India pay much higher taxes than in most other developed parts of the world. world”. celebrated.
This story has been published from a cable agency source without modification to the text. Only the owner has been changed.
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