Tapukara plant running at full capacity: Honda Motorcycle

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) today said there is no production loss at its Tapukara plant in Alwar and the unit is running at full capacity.
The Tapukara plant has a daily capacity of 4,400 units but is now rolling out 4,400-4,500 units to meet rising demand, the company said in a statement.
"There is no dispute at the plant," it added.
The plant produces the bike brand Shine, and the largest selling two-wheeler Activa, apart from the Dio and the latest India-only model Navi.
The company has come out with the statement after few sacked employees had claimed that the production was hit at the plant.

Around 100-odd workers, some of them fighting criminal cases against them for attacking police in February, went on a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi a week ago, claiming that the management was preventing employees from forming a union.

It can be noted that following labour unrest in February this year, HMSI terminated 100 permanent workers and suspended 47, out of which 25 have been taken back.
Five of those on hunger strike are facing criminal cases from the Rajasthan police under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 395 (dacoity).
HMSI senior vice-president and director, general and corporate affairs, Harbhajan Singh had told PTI that the company had not filed any case against them and these workers were booked under various charges as they attacked the police at the Tapukara plant on February 16.

HMSI started the Tapukara factory in 2011 and churns out 1.2 million scooters and bikes a year and employs 500 permanent and around 2,000 casual workers.
When asked why these people are claiming the backing of the labour union of its Manesar factory, which is Honda's first plant here, Singh had said this is also factually incorrect.