Maruti Suzuki to resume operations at Manesar soon

Maruti Suzuki would announce Thursday resumption ofproduction at its Manesar plant, a top company official said.

The top management had a meeting with Haryana governmentofficials Monday. They again discussed the issue Tuesday.

"We have reviewed all the situations and safetyparameters of working staff and surroundings. We are going to restart the workat Manesar plant very soon. An important announcement would be made afterinternal meeting Aug 16," S.Y. Siddiqui, chief operating officer(administration) told IANS.

The carmaker will first start Plant B, which currently makesthe Swift car model, and is expected to bring in some experienced workers fromits Gurgaon plant.

The plant, which has two production lines assembling some1,200 cars a day, was shut following the July 18 violence that claimed the lifeof Maruti's senior executive Awanish Kumar Dev and left nearly 100 othersinjured.

Maruti declared a lockout in the plant July 21.

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