Maruti to increase production to meet rising demand

With its new facility in Gujarat expected to be commissioned early next year, auto major Maruti Suzuki today said it will ramp up production at its existing plants in Gurgaon and Manesar to meet rising demand.
"There may be some temporary shortage of capacity. Gujarat is coming up next year," the company's Chairman R C Bhargava told reporters at the Make in India Week here.
The company, which has been witnessing double-digit sales growth for the last three years, will therefore have to expand production at its Gurgaon and Manesar plants in the National Capital Region (NCR), he said.
He said Maruti Suzuki will end 2015-16 with sales of 1.45 million units, which is expected to rise by 8-9 per cent to 1.55 million units next fiscal.

Bhargava also said that diesel engines are being unfairly targeted in the debate on pollution.
Two-wheelers cause more pollution than the four-wheelers, but they are not targeted because of their sheer number and political considerations, he said.
He also expressed reservation about the odd-even scheme of the Delhi government, saying a measure like congestion tax is justifiable but one cannot prohibit movement of cars.