General Motors to stop operations at its Halol plant from Friday

Workers say they would continue protests against plant closure and refuse to accept VRS or transfers

General Motors India's Halol facility, which is about 40 kilometres from Vadodara in Gujarat, is set to close operations from Friday. Around 625 permanent workers at the site say that they would continue their protests against the site's closure. 

According to company sources, around 100 workers were called at the plant for routine maintenance work. Workers also claim that they have not been eating food provided by the company since the past 35 days. "We, however, have not disrupted production or compromised on the quality of work," said a labour leader on conditions of anonymity. 

Workers have not accepted the