Foxconn to restart operations this week under 'rigorous' monitoring

According to sources, around 70 workers have returned to one of the 17 dormitories, that met the international standards lined up by Apple

Both Apple Inc. and its supplier Foxconn Technology Group released statements on Monday, assuring the implementation of a raft of 'corrective actions' and putting in place a 'rigorous' monitoring system' to ensure better living conditions for their blue-collar workforce.

The Taiwanese company will start bringing back workers gradually to its manufacturing unit at Sipcot Industrial Park in Sriperumbudur, which was shut down last month, following protests over a mass food poisoning incident at the plant's offsite dormitory facility. 

According to sources, around 70 workers have already returned to one of the dormitories that meets the standards laid down by Apple Inc. The