Maruti Suzuki India today said it expects the Manesar plant to reach to full production within next 2-3 days with the commencement of second shift operations.
The company will also increase the workers strength at the plant by around 700 people to 4,500 employees by December. Besides, 622 permanent workers of the plant have signed the three-year wage settlement agreement.
"Yesterday we started the second shift at Manesar plant. Currently we are assembling about 1,350 cars every day at Manesar and we are ramping up it gradually," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chief Operating Officer (Production) M M Singh told PTI here.
The company will reach its full capacity of rolling out 1,600-1,700 units per day in the next 2-3 days, he added.
MSI is currently producing its popular premium hatchback Swift and sedan DZiRE at the Manesar plant. Besides, small car A-Star and mid-sized sedan SX4 is also assembled there.
Talking about the manpower strength at the plant, MSI Chief Operating Officer (Administration) S Y Siddiqui said by the end of December this year, "the total number of workers will be 4,500".
As of now, there are 3,822 workers at the plant. Another 200 will be recruited by the end of this month and a batch of 300 will be coming in by the end of November, he added.
Asked about the wage settlement agreement, which the company's workers at the Gurgaon plant have already agreed, Siddiqui said: "A total of 622 permanent workers out of 630 at the Manesar plant have signed the three-year wage settlement agreement with the MSI management."
On July 18, violence broke out at the plant following an alleged scuffle between a worker and a supervisor. MSI General Manager(HR) Awanish Kumar Dev was killed in the incident and nearly 100 others were injured.
The company had declared a lockout at the plant on July 21 and lifted it on August 21. During the lockout, the overall production loss was pegged at around Rs 1,400 crore.
Following the incident, MSI had also decided to terminate services of 500 permanent workers, who were allegedly found to be involved in violence inside the plant.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the incident, has said in its chargesheet that the violence at the plant was not instigated from outside, but was due to internal issues between the management and workers.
