Maruti begins partial production at Manesar

The strike at Maruti Suzuki India's(MSI) Manesar plant entered its 11th day on Monday, with workers protestingoutside the factory premises, but the company said it has resumed partialproduction at the plant.

The company also said production at its main plant atGurgaon has been resumed after a two-day closure last week due to componentsupply constraints from Suzuki Powertrain India Ptd (SPIL).

In the meantime, the Haryana Labour Department has calledfor a meeting today of the management and striking workers of MSI, SPIL andSuzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) to find a solution.

"Production has started in a limited way at the company'splant in Manesar. To start with, the weld shop has been made operational,"a company spokesperson said.

The company resumed operations at Manesar with some of thetrained workers from among those who have refused to join the strike, he added.

The Gurgaon plant has also begun normal operations.

Production at this plant will, however, depend on the supplyof diesel engines and also transmissions from SPIL, the spokesperson said,adding that MSI models the like M800, Omni, Eeco and Gypsy are not dependent oncomponent supply from SPIL.

There has been no production at MSI's Manesar plant sincethe workers went on strike in October, while the company had shut the Gurgaonplant on October 14 and 15 as engines and transmissions supply has beenseverely hit by the strike at SPIL.