for automakers starting production will be a function of demand pune about 23 of the 4700 firms in different midc zones started operations with a small employee base on monday most firms have however resumed only prepreparation work in the areas where business activities are allowed about 1100 firms have started work in some form we are allowing people to work from anywhere except bhosari talawade and moshi sanjay deshmukh regional officer midc saidin a huge relief to industries pune district collector has also waived the need of any pass for employees to resume work in areas where work is allowed advt some work has started in firms at the ranjangaon midc area in shirwal and talegaon all industrial units in pune district outside pmc and pcmc limits and containment zones of rural areas should start working immediately no formal permission and passes required however no labour or employees from containment zones will be allowed to travel or work industries will have to make dedicated transport arrangements for travel in pmc and pcmc areas collector naval kishore ram said adding that staffers should carry their office identity cards at all timesan auto firm representative said the work at its plant mainly was for preproduction and a lot of other factors had to fall in place before actual production could begin for automakers starting production will be a function of demand auto sales were largely zero in april 2020 save and except for a bit of exports you can say that we are oiling the assembly line this wont start immediately but the hope is get started in due course another auto firm representative saida lot of companies who have live orders are unable to service them if their factories are in the red zones in one such call on sunday a company manager just asked for five employees to be permitted to attend work to finish the pending order however since the factory is in bhosari the permission was deniedemployers also want to bide their time before going full throttle to ensure that this is not a startstop arrangement we cannot flip a switch a lot going into resuming operations so it is still wait and watch for now said an industry representativewith inputs from nisha nambiarread alsoauto inc immediate relief hinges on tax relaxationnew normal at auto plants maximum productivity adhering to health and safety protocol by satyanarayan iyer tnn published on may 5 2020 at 0417 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime