Despite labour unrest in the Gurgaon-Manesar automotive hub of Haryana, Suzuki Motor Corporation plans to invest more in the state, according to a local media report.
Chief state minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told the Hindustan Times the car maker plans to set up a new supplier park making parts for cars assembled at the Manesar plant which suffered its first worker’s strike in 10 years in June. The 13-day strike was followed by low production in the plant since 29 August, when the company insisted on workers signing a bond of good conduct before entering the factory premises, and that dispute is still simmering.
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“The chairman of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamo Suzuki met me and sought allocation of 100 acres of land (in addition to the 600 acres already allotted for an R&D centre) for developing a new ancillary cluster at Rohtak,” Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told HT in Tokyo on the sidelines of the India-Japan global partnership summit.
“They (Maruti-Suzuki), after getting an assurance on land allocation, will now give it to their vendors,” he said.
