The 4,700-strong workers’ union of Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) boycotted work for the second day on Friday and said implementation of its proposed incentive scheme would put an additional burden of only Rs 5.83 lakh on the company and not Rs 51 crore as claimed by the company. The boycott has hampered production by over 75 per cent and the company has been able to produce only 300 cars as against an average production of 1200-1500 cars per day.
Even as the company workers decided not to go for work for the second day, Suzuki Motor Corporation president O. Suzuki on Friday announced in Japan that production capacity at Maruti's Gurgaon facility will be hiked 33 per cent from 4.5 lakh units now to six lakh units shortly. Meanwhile, the boycott has also affected the company's supply network with dealers saying that waiting period on some of its models, particularly the latest offering Alto. The waiting period on Alto has gone up to four-six weeks as against two weeks earlier, a leading dealer said. MUL director (finance) A R Halasyam admitted that production has been affected and said the company is trying to meet yesterday's production levels with a skeletal staff of 150 workers. ''We are trying to keep up production of cars.''
Bureau Report