Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) and Suzuki Motorcycle India (SMIPL) has handed over an amount of Rs 2,400 crore to the government of Haryana as the cost of land for new factories coming up in Kharkhoda, Sonipat.
Both companies are making a total investment of around Rs 20,000 crore over the next eight years to set up plants.
MSIL presented a cheque of Rs 2,131 crore to Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), while SMIPL, which will get a 100-acre plot at the new facility, handed over a cheque of Rs 266 crore.
Of the total investment, MSIL will pour Rs 18,000 crore, while SMIPL is investing the rest.
MSIL’s new unit will come up over 800 acre site at IMT Kharkhoda in Sonipat district, at a total investment of Rs 11,000 crore in Phase-I, with a production capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum. The first set of vehicles are expected to roll out of the facility in 2025.
The company would reach peak production capacity in eight years. Presently, MSI has a cumulative production capacity of around 22 lakh units per annum across its two manufacturing plants in Haryana and parent Suzuki Motor’s facility at Gujarat.
Suzuki Motor Corp has also set up a facility in Gujarat. The unit has an installed production capacity of 7.5 lakh units per year after the third unit started production in April 2022.