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Covid-19 related labour unrest is slowly brewing in the automobile sector in Tamil Nadu, with workers demanding shutting down of the factories during the lockdown period and maintaining social distancing at work.
On Monday, workers of country s second largest car maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd stopped production demanding closure of the factory as about 750 workers turned Covid-19 positive during April and May. In the last two months, 750 workers have turned Covid-19 positive. Seven workers have succumbed to coronavirus. Hence today all the workers protested. Initially the management did not agree on factory closure. But when the workers started maintaining social distance at their workstations, production stopped automatically, Hyundai Motor India Employees Union (HMIEU) President E. Muthukumar told IANS.
Companies face many hurdles at Rail Auto Hub
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Lack of fencing and facility to handle many rakes among glaring problems
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Lack of fencing and facility to handle many rakes among glaring problems Five years since the Rail Auto Hub at Walajabad, near Kancheepuram, commenced operations several infrastructure challenges remain in and around this hub. Sources in the automobile industry pointed out that there are not many takers for this particular location.
Data shows that in the last five years, 29,685 vehicles have been sent out through this hub till January 2021. Of these, 24,838 vehicles were from Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL). In 2016, the Union Government in its railway budget said that Tamil Nadu will be getting the country’s first Rail Auto Hub for transportation of cars by rail.