2 employees of Bajaj Auto die of COVID-19, over 140 infected at Aurangabad plant

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Jun 26, 2020: Bajaj Auto Limited has confirmed that two of the motorcycle manufacturer’s employees who had tested positive for COVID-19 at its Aurangabad plant have succumbed to the infection. Additionally, Bajaj has confirmed that as many as 140 employees have tested positive at the Waluj plant in Aurangabad. The two employees who died, had underlying conditions of hypertension and diabetes, according to a latest statement from Bajaj Auto. The company however denied earlier reports that its manufacturing facility at Waluj has been shut down.

 

"We have more than 8100 employees and contractors employed in our Waluj plant. Our current incidence of 140 cases of COVID is less than 2 per cent of our strength. Two of our infected employees with underlying conditions of hypertension and diabetes have unfortunately succumbed to the infection," a statement attributed to Ravi Kyran Ramaswamy, Chief Human Resources Office, Bajaj Auto Limited said.

The company however denied reports that the manufacturing facility in Aurangabad has been shut down after many employees tested positive for COVID-19. After a month-long shutdown, Bajaj Auto had reopened its plant in Aurangabad in Maharashtra on April 22. But contrary to certain media reports about the closure of the plant again due to a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 cases among factory workers, Bajaj Auto said that the manufacturing facility at Waluj is functioning normally.