MSI had said the safety and well-being of its employees were paramount.
The company will restart the production at the unit under heavy police presence.
MSIL deputed another 40 engineers from its Gurgaon plant to work at Manesar also in Haryana. This takes the total strength of engineers at the facility now to 90.
The company has been hit hard, not only by strike of its own workers, but also due to the supply shortage of engines and transmissions from Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd.
Production has been severely hit at the first plant in Manesar since August 29 when the management prevented workers from entering the unit without signing a 'good conduct bond' after alleged 'sabotage' and deliberate quality compromise on cars.
There is enough blame to go around for Maruti violence.
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Hit by worst ever violence in its history, the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki on Friday said it is considering to deploy advanced safety measures forits employees at the Manesar plant.
Following the violence and arson, MSI had on July 21 announced an lockout at the plant.
The 14-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar's plant has been called off this morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana government.
The firm has suffered production loss of about 1,200 units, valued at around Rs 60 crore.
The case pertains to alleged corruption in Manesar land deals worth over Rs 1,500 crore, in which around 200 farmers were cheated.
The move to commission the new facility a month ahead of schedule comes in a bid to deal with the production impasse the company finds itself in.
"The Manesar plant remains captive in the hands of workers. There is no production possible there. Due to the impact of components from SPIL, production at Gurgaon will be even lower compared to yesterday," a Maruti Suzuki India spokesperson said.
The company would decide on increasing the capacity and investment needed for the same in presence of its parent Suzuki Motor's chairman Osamu Suzuki
MSI had around 3,300 workers at the Manesar plant before the July 18 violence, in which one executive was killed and 100 injured.
The workers resorted to a strike when five of them were suspended for 'allegedly assaulting a supervisor' on Wednesday.
Only Rico Auto Industries, whose Gurgaon plant was the epicentre of the strike after the death a worker in a group clash on Sunday, continued to be under lock-out.
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reopened its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to the violence in which one senior company official was killed and 100 others injured.
With the impasse that started on August 29 continuing, the company said it brought in 50 more ITI-trained and experienced workers at the plant.
On Wednesday, the court approved revision in toll rates at the gate in Manesar. Subsequently, the road ministry gave a nod to an 80 per cent rise in toll rates.
The Manesar plant rolls out about 1,200 units every day in two shifts.
Besides Nuh, the services will remain snapped in Faridabad, Palwal and the territorial jurisdiction of sub-division Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar of Gurugram district.
Maruti Suzuki's woes at Manesar are piling up with the Haryana government asking the company to pay Rs 235 crore (Rs 2.35 billion) to HSIIDC as enhanced compensation to farmersfor land acquisition under a Supreme Court order.
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'They wanted to prove that the BJP was behind all this, which was not the case. Then Deputy CM Sachin Pilot even said that no one was listening to them even when they wanted to tell their side of the story, so they all got together and reached the party's high command'
Analysts came down heavily on D L Sachdev, secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, for the latest developments at the plant following which the management has shut the plant.
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The violence at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in July was not instigated from outside but was due to internal issues between management and workers, according to the chargesheet filed by the special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe it.
A senior company official was killed and 100 others were injured in the violence at the Maruti's plant in Manesar last month.
HMSI has increased the monthly salary of its permanent workers by Rs 14,770 a month.
Rebutting reports that the company is "moving out of Haryana and shifting its base to Gujarat" after its decision to purchase land in Gujarat, MSI said: "The company's plan to invest in Gujarat started much before the industrial unrest situation at Manesar."
Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman Osamu Suzuki has rejected an appeal by the Gurgaon unit of the Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union to reinstate the 500 workers who were sacked by Maruti Suzuki's management for their alleged involvement in the violence at the company's Manesar plant on July 18, which left one dead and several injured. The facility was locked out for about a month.
Leaders of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union could not be contacted for their comments on future course of action.
The agreement provides for reinstatement of 64 dismissed permanent workers by MSI, which will also take back 1,200 casual workers.
The salaries for the top management, which was already better off, have gone up many times whereas wages at the bottom have marginally increased thereby widening the gap between the rich and the poor.
The violence on August 18, 2012 broke out over wage issues when a group of employees allegedly torched a section of MSIL facility which claimed the life of Dev, a resident of South Delhi's Malviya Nagar.
The company also said production at its main plant at Gurgaon has been resumed after a two-day closure last week due to component supply constraints from Suzuki Powertrain India Ptd.
With the standoff between the management and labour that started on August 29 continuing, the company had brought in 50 ITI-trained and experienced workers on Monday at the plant taking the total workforce to 1,100 people.
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