Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) yesterday announced suspension of production operations at its two plants in Haryana due to significant rise in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country.
The duration of this shutdown will depend upon government policy, the company said.
“The government policy now requires closure of production and accordingly the company has taken a decision on production closure. The company will shut production and office operations at its facilities in Gurugram and Manesar, Haryana, with immediate effect till further notice. The research and development centre at Rohtak will also remain closed”, MSI said in a statement.
Maruti Suzuki India is country’s one of the largest car manufacturing company. The company’s monthly flat steel requirement is around 60,000 MT.
Another automobile major Hyundai Motors India on Sunday announced shut down of its Chennai based factory starting from 23 Mar’20 till further notice as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus.
“In the interest of safety of our employees in the state, we have decided to rapidly scale down activities at Pune site to get to skeletal operations by March 23-end (Monday) and be ready for a plant closure by March 24-end (Tuesday) as the situation warrants. We shall remain in this mode till March 31 and review it in due course,” quoted Managing Director of Tata Motors.
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