Stand 'firmly' with General Motors Talegaon workers: Maharashtra CM

State government assures workers, says better compensation, jobs among solutions being worked out

The Maharashtra government has said that it stands “firmly" with the workers of the now-closed General Motors India (GMI) plant in Talegaon, near Pune. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde emphasised the commitment to ongoing efforts in a meeting held at his official residence, Varsha Bungalow, in Malabar Hills on Tuesday.

At the meeting, the government discussed the importance of GMI providing fair compensation to its workers and the possibility of some of them finding employment with Hyundai Motor India (HMIL).

In August, HMIL had signed an agreement to acquire the "land, buildings, certain machinery, and manufacturing equipment"