Swaraj Engines’ Punjab plant faces labour issues

A section of employees are not reporting to duties at Swaraj Engines’ engine manufacturing plant situated at Mohali in state of Punjab. Their demands are unjustified and matter is in conciliation with the Labour Commissioner’s Office. There is no loss of production as rest of the employees are reporting to work and are meeting the production requirements and catering to the operations of the plant. Swaraj Engines (SEL) is a joint venture between erstwhile Punjab Tractors (PTL), which has since been merged with Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL). Originally set up to manufacture engines for PTL, in recent years SEL has also been a supplier of hi-tech engine components to Swaraj Mazda (SML).