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Maruti Suzuki set to commence work on Sonipat facility

The country’s largest automobile company Maruti Suzuki is going to set up its new manufacturing plant in Sonipat, Haryana. Maruti is going to start work on this plant soon. It is believed that Maruti Suzuki’s plant to be built in Sonipat will be the biggest production plant of the company.

According to media reports, construction work is going to start at the Maruti Suzuki plant in Sonipat, which is planned to be commissioned in 2025. According to the report, the first assembly line at Maruti Suzuki’s new plant will be started in three years. Maruti Suzuki is awaiting approval from the authority to start work on the plant. The Sonipat plant will have the capacity to produce one million i.e. 10 lakh vehicles.

Maruti Suzuki will invest Rs 18,000 crore in the Sonipat plant, which will replace the Gurugram plant. The Gurugram plant of Maruti Suzuki was the company’s first plant which was commissioned in 1983. Maruti started production of its car Maruti 800 from Gurugram plant.

  Maruti Suzuki India’s president, RC Bhargava, said, “Unlike Gurugram and Manesar, there is land available for setting up the fourth assembly line in Sonepat.” The company will soon start construction of the new plant, and the first assembly line will be ready by 2025. “We are waiting for the approvals and will start manufacturing soon. The first assembly line at the unit will be commissioned within three years.”

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