No call on closure of HMT factory yet: MLA

The letter sent a wave of resentment among the employees, who had been pinning their hopes on the revival of the factory under Make In India campaign.

“We have told everyone, including the Prime Minister, the Union Minister and the Chief Minister, that the factory can be revived if they put in efforts. It is our livelihood, and we will fight for its revival till the end,” said Mahender Singh, president of HMT Employees’ Union.
There are two units of the factory, with 350 employees in the unit manufacturing machines and tools, and 1,100 in the one manufacturing tractors. The latter has been running into losses for several years.

“VRS does not work for us because, under the scheme, only those employees who have completed 30 years of their service will get 100 per cent benefit, while others will get only 50 per cent. And, there are over 700 such workers who have not completed 30 years of service,” said Singh.

Latika Sharma, however, said that Geete had just made a “suggestion”. “Yeh ek vikap tha (It was an option). The employees need not worry. We have scheduled a meeting of the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Vishvajt Sahay, and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with the employees’ representative in the first week of January. It is after the meeting that a decision will be taken,” she said.

Sharma along with Mahender Singh also met Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu Monday over the issue. He has assured us help, said Sharma.

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