Maruti to shut Gurgaon plant two days; Manesar strike on

Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday saidit will shut its main plant at north Indian city Gurgaon for two days startingFriday due to component supply constraints from SPIL, where workers are on astir in support of the striking colleagues at the country's largest car-maker'sManesar plant.

"Maruti Suzuki has decided to suspend production at theGurgaon plant on October 14 and October 15. This is in view of thenon-availability of components for cars," the company said in a statement.

Production at Gurgaon plant remained low Thursday and rolledout only 600 vehicles as against the normal daily production of 2,800 vehicles,it said.

While models like M800, Omni, Eeco and Gypsy are notdependent on the component supply from Suzuki Powertrain India Limited (SPIL),it was considered that operating the plant only for these models will not beviable, it added

"The production loss for these models can be recoveredonce the production resumes," it said.

Workers at SPIL and Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL)have gone on a simultaneous strike since October 7 in support of theircolleagues at MSI Manesar plant.

SPIL supplies engines and transmission to MSI.

The strike by the workers entered the seventh day on Thursdaydespite the Haryana government declaring it illegal Wednesday for violating asettlement agreement signed on October 1 to end a 33-day-long standoff.

The Haryana Labour Department on Thursday filed a civil suitin a Gurgaon court alleging that that unions of SPIL and SMIPL andrepresentatives of MSI' Manesar plant workers had violated agreement and actionmust be taken agains them.